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 3.10.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॒ यजि॑ष्ठो अध्व॒रे दे॒वान्दे॑वय॒ते य॑ज । होता॑ म॒न्द्रो वि रा॑ज॒स्यति॒ स्रिध॑: ॥
अग्ने यजिष्ठो अध्वरे देवान्देवयते यज । होता मन्द्रो वि राजस्यति स्रिधः ॥
agne yajiṣṭho adhvare devān devayate yaja | hotā mandro vi rājasy ati sridhaḥ ||

English translation:

Agni, you are to be especially worshipped at the sacrifice; worship the gods (on behalf of) the devout (worshiper); you shine the invoker (of the gods) the exhilarator (of the pious) overcoming your foes.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ । यजि॑ष्ठः । अ॒ध्व॒रे । दे॒वान् । दे॒व॒ऽय॒ते । य॒ज॒ । होता॑ । म॒न्द्रः । वि । रा॒ज॒सि॒ । अति॑ । स्रिधः॑ ॥
अग्ने । यजिष्ठः । अध्वरे । देवान् । देवयते । यज । होता । मन्द्रः । वि । राजसि । अति । स्रिधः ॥
agne | yajiṣṭhaḥ | adhvare | devān | deva-yate | yaja | hotā | mandraḥ | vi | rājasi | ati | sridhaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.10.7 English analysis of grammar]

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

yajiṣṭho < yajiṣṭhaḥ < yajiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

adhvare < adhvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

devān < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

devayate < devay

[verb noun], dative, singular

“solicit.”

yaja < yaj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

hotā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

mandro < mandraḥ < mandra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

rājasy < rājasi < rāj

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“govern; shine; glitter; direct.”

ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

sridhaḥ < sridh

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“failure; damage.”

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