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 3.13.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र वो॑ दे॒वाया॒ग्नये॒ बर्हि॑ष्ठमर्चास्मै । गम॑द्दे॒वेभि॒रा स नो॒ यजि॑ष्ठो ब॒र्हिरा स॑दत् ॥
प्र वो देवायाग्नये बर्हिष्ठमर्चास्मै । गमद्देवेभिरा स नो यजिष्ठो बर्हिरा सदत् ॥
pra vo devāyāgnaye barhiṣṭham arcāsmai | gamad devebhir ā sa no yajiṣṭho barhir ā sadat ||

English translation:

“(Priests) utter devout (praises) to this your divine Agni, that so glorified he may come to us with gods, and sit down on the sacrificial grass.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛṣabho vaiśvāmitraḥ [ṛṣabha vaiśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriguṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । वः॒ । दे॒वाय॑ । अ॒ग्नये॑ । बर्हि॑ष्ठम् । अ॒र्च॒ । अ॒स्मै॒ । गम॑त् । दे॒वेभिः॑ । आ । सः । नः॒ । यजि॑ष्ठः । ब॒र्हिः । आ । स॒द॒त् ॥
प्र । वः । देवाय । अग्नये । बर्हिष्ठम् । अर्च । अस्मै । गमत् । देवेभिः । आ । सः । नः । यजिष्ठः । बर्हिः । आ । सदत् ॥
pra | vaḥ | devāya | agnaye | barhiṣṭham | arca | asmai | gamat | devebhiḥ | ā | saḥ | naḥ | yajiṣṭhaḥ | barhiḥ | ā | sadat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.13.1 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

devāyāgnaye < devāya < deva

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

devāyāgnaye < agnaye < agni

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

barhiṣṭham < barhiṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

arcāsmai < arca < arc

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sing; worship; honor; praise; welcome.”

arcāsmai < asmai < idam

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

gamad < gamat < gam

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“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.”

devebhir < devebhiḥ < deva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

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

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

yajiṣṭho < yajiṣṭhaḥ < yajiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

barhir < barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

sadat < sad

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

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