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 1.186.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒यं सा वो॑ अ॒स्मे दीधि॑तिर्यजत्रा अपि॒प्राणी॑ च॒ सद॑नी च भूयाः । नि या दे॒वेषु॒ यत॑ते वसू॒युर्वि॒द्यामे॒षं वृ॒जनं॑ जी॒रदा॑नुम् ॥
इयं सा वो अस्मे दीधितिर्यजत्रा अपिप्राणी च सदनी च भूयाः । नि या देवेषु यतते वसूयुर्विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
iyaṃ sā vo asme dīdhitir yajatrā apiprāṇī ca sadanī ca bhūyāḥ | ni yā deveṣu yatate vasūyur vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum ||

English translation:

“Objects of admiration, may that wealth-abounding effulgence which manifests itself amongst the gods, give animation to our existence, and (permanence to) our dwellings; that we may (thence) obtain food, strength, and long life.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒यम् । सा । वः॒ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । दीधि॑तिः । य॒ज॒त्राः॒ । अ॒पि॒ऽप्राणी॑ । च॒ । सद॑नी । च॒ । भू॒याः॒ । नि । या । दे॒वेषु॑ । यत॑ते । व॒सु॒ऽयुः । वि॒द्याम॑ । इ॒षम् । वृ॒जन॑म् । जी॒रऽदा॑नुम् ॥
इयम् । सा । वः । अस्मे इति । दीधितिः । यजत्राः । अपिप्राणी । च । सदनी । च । भूयाः । नि । या । देवेषु । यतते । वसुयुः । विद्याम । इषम् । वृजनम् । जीरदानुम् ॥
iyam | sā | vaḥ | asme iti | dīdhitiḥ | yajatrāḥ | api-prāṇī | ca | sadanī | ca | bhūyāḥ | ni | yā | deveṣu | yatate | vasu-yuḥ | vidyāma | iṣam | vṛjanam | jīra-dānum

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.186.11 English analysis of grammar]

iyaṃ < iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

< tad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], dative, plural

“you.”

asme < mad

[noun], locative, plural

“I; mine.”

dīdhitir < dīdhitiḥ < dīdhiti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“beam.”

yajatrā < yajatra

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“adorable.”

apiprāṇī < apiprāṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

sadanī < sadana

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

bhūyāḥ < bhū

[verb], singular, Prekativ

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

deveṣu < deva

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

yatate < yat

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“strive; endeavor; join; equal; rival.”

vasūyur < vasūyuḥ < vasūyu

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

vidyāmeṣaṃ < vidyāma < vid

[verb], plural, Present optative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

vidyāmeṣaṃ < iṣam < iṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

vṛjanaṃ < vṛjanam < vṛjana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“community; settlement.”

jīradānum < jīra

[noun]

“agile; quick; fast.”

jīradānum < dānum < dānu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Dānu; dew; drop.”

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