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 3.14.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ होता॑ म॒न्द्रो वि॒दथा॑न्यस्थात्स॒त्यो यज्वा॑ क॒वित॑म॒: स वे॒धाः । वि॒द्युद्र॑थ॒: सह॑सस्पु॒त्रो अ॒ग्निः शो॒चिष्के॑शः पृथि॒व्यां पाजो॑ अश्रेत् ॥
आ होता मन्द्रो विदथान्यस्थात्सत्यो यज्वा कवितमः स वेधाः । विद्युद्रथः सहसस्पुत्रो अग्निः शोचिष्केशः पृथिव्यां पाजो अश्रेत् ॥
ā hotā mandro vidathāny asthāt satyo yajvā kavitamaḥ sa vedhāḥ | vidyudrathaḥ sahasas putro agniḥ śociṣkeśaḥ pṛthivyām pājo aśret ||

English translation:

“The invoker (of the gods), the exhilarator (of his worshippers), the true, the offerer of sacrifice, the most wise, the creator, is present at our sacred rites. Agni, the son of strength, whose chariot is the lightning, whose hair is flame, manifests his glory on the earth.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । होता॑ । म॒न्द्रः । व॒दथा॑नि । अ॒स्था॒त् । स॒त्यः । यज्वा॑ । क॒विऽत॑मः । सः । वे॒धाः । वि॒द्युत्ऽर॑थः । सह॑सः । पु॒त्रः । अ॒ग्निः । शो॒चिःऽके॑शः । पृ॒थि॒व्याम् । पाजः॑ । अ॒श्रे॒त् ॥
आ । होता । मन्द्रः । वदथानि । अस्थात् । सत्यः । यज्वा । कवितमः । सः । वेधाः । विद्युत्रथः । सहसः । पुत्रः । अग्निः । शोचिःकेशः । पृथिव्याम् । पाजः । अश्रेत् ॥
ā | hotā | mandraḥ | vadathāni | asthāt | satyaḥ | yajvā | kavi-tamaḥ | saḥ | vedhāḥ | vidyut-rathaḥ | sahasaḥ | putraḥ | agniḥ | śociḥ-keśaḥ | pṛthivyām | pājaḥ | aśret

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.14.1 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

hotā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

mandro < mandraḥ < mandra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”

vidathāny < vidathāni < vidatha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“meeting; wisdom; council.”

asthāt < sthā

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

satyo < satyaḥ < satya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“true; real; real; faithful; good.”

yajvā < yajvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

kavitamaḥ < kavitama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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.”

vedhāḥ < vedhas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”

vidyudrathaḥ < vidyut

[noun]

vidyudrathaḥ < rathaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

sahasas < sahas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

putro < putraḥ < putra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”

agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

śociṣkeśaḥ < śociṣkeśa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Agni.”

pṛthivyām < pṛthivī

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

pājo < pājaḥ < pājas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“luminosity; look.”

aśret < śri

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”

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