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 2.6.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तं त्वा॑ गी॒र्भिर्गिर्व॑णसं द्रविण॒स्युं द्र॑विणोदः । स॒प॒र्येम॑ सप॒र्यव॑: ॥
तं त्वा गीर्भिर्गिर्वणसं द्रविणस्युं द्रविणोदः । सपर्येम सपर्यवः ॥
taṃ tvā gīrbhir girvaṇasaṃ draviṇasyuṃ draviṇodaḥ | saparyema saparyavaḥ ||

English translation:

“Granter of riches, may we, your worshippers, propitiate you, who are desirous of (sacrificial) wealth, and deserving of laudation, by our praise.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): somāhutirbhārgavaḥ [somāhutirbhārgava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । त्वा॒ । गीः॒ऽभिः । गिर्व॑णसम् । द्र॒वि॒ण॒स्युम् । द्र॒वि॒णः॒ऽदः॒ । स॒प॒र्येम॑ । स॒प॒र्यवः॑ ॥
तम् । त्वा । गीःभिः । गिर्वणसम् । द्रविणस्युम् । द्रविणःदः । सपर्येम । सपर्यवः ॥
tam | tvā | gīḥ-bhiḥ | girvaṇasam | draviṇasyum | draviṇaḥ-daḥ | saparyema | saparyavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.6.3 English analysis of grammar]

taṃ < tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

gīrbhir < gīrbhiḥ < gir

[noun], instrumental, plural

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

girvaṇasaṃ < girvaṇasam < girvaṇas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

draviṇasyuṃ < draviṇasyum < draviṇasyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“draviṇasyu [word].”

draviṇodaḥ < draviṇaḥ < draviṇas

[noun], neuter

“property.”

draviṇodaḥ < daḥ <

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“giving.”

saparyema < sapary

[verb], plural, Present optative

“worship.”

saparyavaḥ < saparyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“deferent.”

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