Rig Veda (translation and commentary)

by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382

The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...

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Rig Veda 1.180.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यं चि॒द्धि वां॑ जरि॒तार॑: स॒त्या वि॑प॒न्याम॑हे॒ वि प॒णिर्हि॒तावा॑न् । अधा॑ चि॒द्धि ष्मा॑श्विनावनिन्द्या पा॒थो हि ष्मा॑ वृषणा॒वन्ति॑देवम् ॥
वयं चिद्धि वां जरितारः सत्या विपन्यामहे वि पणिर्हितावान् । अधा चिद्धि ष्माश्विनावनिन्द्या पाथो हि ष्मा वृषणावन्तिदेवम् ॥
vayaṃ cid dhi vāṃ jaritāraḥ satyā vipanyāmahe vi paṇir hitāvān | adhā cid dhi ṣmāśvināv anindyā pātho hi ṣmā vṛṣaṇāv antidevam ||

English translation:

“Your sincere adorers, we verily praise you in various ways. The pitcher has been plural ced (ready for the Soma). Irreproachable Aśvins, showerers (of benefits) drink freely of the juice in the presence of the gods.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The pitcher has been plural ced: vipaṇir-hitāvān: paṇi = droṇa kalaśa, the jar or vessel into which the Soma, after expression, is strained through a filter; paṇi may also mean a merchant or trader;

Hitāvān = being plural ced or opulent;

Vi = viyujyatām, let him be separated; the imlication is: let the niggardly rich man who does not offer worship be cast off; another reading is: āhaviḥ paṇi = a niggard, offering no oblation

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यम् । चि॒त् । हि । वा॒म् । ज॒रि॒तारः॑ । स॒त्याः । वि॒प॒न्याम॑हे । वि । प॒णिः । हि॒तऽवा॑न् । अध॑ । चि॒त् । हि । स्म॒ । अ॒श्वि॒नौ॒ । अ॒नि॒न्द्या॒ । पा॒थः । हि । स्म॒ । वृ॒ष॒णौ॒ । अन्ति॑ऽदेवम् ॥
वयम् । चित् । हि । वाम् । जरितारः । सत्याः । विपन्यामहे । वि । पणिः । हितवान् । अध । चित् । हि । स्म । अश्विनौ । अनिन्द्या । पाथः । हि । स्म । वृषणौ । अन्तिदेवम् ॥
vayam | cit | hi | vām | jaritāraḥ | satyāḥ | vipanyāmahe | vi | paṇiḥ | hita-vān | adha | cit | hi | sma | aśvinau | anindyā | pāthaḥ | hi | sma | vṛṣaṇau | anti-devam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.180.7 English analysis of grammar]

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

ciddhi < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

ciddhi < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

jaritāraḥ < jaritṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“singer.”

satyā < satyāḥ < satya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“true; real; real; faithful; good.”

vipanyāmahe < vipan < √pan

[verb], plural, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

paṇir < paṇiḥ < paṇi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“niggard; paṇ.”

hitāvān < hitāvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

adhā < adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

ciddhi < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

ciddhi < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

ṣmāśvināv < sma

[adverb]

ṣmāśvināv < aśvinau < aśvin

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

anindyā < anindya

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

pātho < pāthaḥ <

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“protect; govern.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

ṣmā < sma

[adverb]

vṛṣaṇāv < vṛṣaṇau < vṛṣan

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

antidevam < antideva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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