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 3.12.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ आ ग॑तं सु॒तं गी॒र्भिर्नभो॒ वरे॑ण्यम् । अ॒स्य पा॑तं धि॒येषि॒ता ॥
इन्द्राग्नी आ गतं सुतं गीर्भिर्नभो वरेण्यम् । अस्य पातं धियेषिता ॥
indrāgnī ā gataṃ sutaṃ gīrbhir nabho vareṇyam | asya pātaṃ dhiyeṣitā ||
English translation:
“Indra and Agni, come to this acceptable libation, (brought) by our praises from heaven, and induced by (our) devotion to drink of it.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Yajus. 7.31; gīrbhir nabho vareṇyam: sambhajanīyam somam prati asmadīyābhiḥ stutirūpābhir, vāgbhir, ahūtau: nabho, nabhasaḥ svargasthānād āgatam = called by our praises, come you two from the plural ce of svarga to this enjoyable Soma; another interpretation for nabha = āditya; come to the Soma which is like the desirable sun; or, those dwelling in heaven, nabhahsthaḥ the gods: come to the Soma that is sought for by the gods
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāgnī ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ इति॑ । आ । ग॑तम् । सु॒तम् । गीः॒ऽभिः । नभः॑ । वरे॑ण्यम् । अ॒स्य । पा॒त॒म् । धि॒या । इ॒षि॒ता ॥
इन्द्राग्नी इति । आ । गतम् । सुतम् । गीःभिः । नभः । वरेण्यम् । अस्य । पातम् । धिया । इषिता ॥
indrāgnī iti | ā | gatam | sutam | gīḥ-bhiḥ | nabhaḥ | vareṇyam | asya | pātam | dhiyā | iṣitā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.12.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sky; cloud; ākāśa; air; abhra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“excellent; desirable.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“send.”