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 3.7.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इळा॑मग्ने पुरु॒दंसं॑ स॒निं गोः श॑श्वत्त॒मं हव॑मानाय साध । स्यान्न॑: सू॒नुस्तन॑यो वि॒जावाग्ने॒ सा ते॑ सुम॒तिर्भू॑त्व॒स्मे ॥
इळामग्ने पुरुदंसं सनिं गोः शश्वत्तमं हवमानाय साध । स्यान्नः सूनुस्तनयो विजावाग्ने सा ते सुमतिर्भूत्वस्मे ॥
iḻām agne purudaṃsaṃ saniṃ goḥ śaśvattamaṃ havamānāya sādha | syān naḥ sūnus tanayo vijāvāgne sā te sumatir bhūtv asme ||
English translation:
“Grant, Agni, to the offerer of the oblation, the earth, the bestower of cattle, the means of many (pious rites), such that it may be perpetual; may there be to us sons and grandsons, and may your good-will ever be upon us (productive of benefit to us).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
This hymn is the refrain of several sūktas in the preceding aṣṭaka. In one instrumental nce iḷā is translated as bhūmi, earth; here, she is called a feminine le divinity in the form of a cow: gorūpām devatām; vijāvā is connected with sumati, good-will; which is explained: avandhyā, may it be not barren, productive
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इळा॑म् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । पु॒रु॒ऽदंस॑म् । स॒निम् । गोः । श॒श्व॒त्ऽत॒मम् । हव॑मानाय । सा॒ध॒ । स्यात् । नः॒ । सू॒नुः । तन॑यः । वि॒जाऽवा॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । सा । ते॒ । सु॒ऽम॒तिः । भू॒तु॒ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ ॥
इळाम् । अग्ने । पुरुदंसम् । सनिम् । गोः । शश्वत्तमम् । हवमानाय । साध । स्यात् । नः । सूनुः । तनयः । विजावा । अग्ने । सा । ते । सुमतिः । भूतु । अस्मे इति ॥
iḷām | agne | puru-daṃsam | sanim | goḥ | śaśvat-tamam | havamānāya | sādha | syāt | naḥ | sūnuḥ | tanayaḥ | vijāvā | agne | sā | te | su-matiḥ | bhūtu | asme iti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.7.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“refreshment; iḍā [word]; comfort; cow.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“gain.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“frequent.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“promote; succeed.”
[verb], singular, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; offspring.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“biological.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“biological.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[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.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“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.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”