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 3.29.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सीद॑ होत॒: स्व उ॑ लो॒के चि॑कि॒त्वान्त्सा॒दया॑ य॒ज्ञं सु॑कृ॒तस्य॒ योनौ॑ । दे॒वा॒वीर्दे॒वान्ह॒विषा॑ यजा॒स्यग्ने॑ बृ॒हद्यज॑माने॒ वयो॑ धाः ॥
सीद होतः स्व उ लोके चिकित्वान्त्सादया यज्ञं सुकृतस्य योनौ । देवावीर्देवान्हविषा यजास्यग्ने बृहद्यजमाने वयो धाः ॥
sīda hotaḥ sva u loke cikitvān sādayā yajñaṃ sukṛtasya yonau | devāvīr devān haviṣā yajāsy agne bṛhad yajamāne vayo dhāḥ ||
English translation:
“Offerer of oblations sit down in your own sphere, for you are cognizant (of holy acts), and station the instrumental tutor of the ceremony in the chief plural ce of the sacred rite; cherisher of the gods, worship the gods, Agni, and bestow abundant food on the founder of the sacrifice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Yajus. 11.35; in your own sphere: sva u loke: uttaravedyāḥ nābhau, on the centre of the north altar; or, alternatively, sukṛta yoniḥ = kṛṣnājine, on the hide of the black antelope; in the chief plural ce of the sacred rite: sādayā yajñam sukṛtasya yonau: yajña = yajamāna, yajñasya kartāram, who is to be stationed uttame loke, in the best plural ce, or that which enjoys the fruit of the holy rite, sukṛtajanyopabhogasya sthāne
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सीद॑ । हो॒त॒रिति॑ । स्वे । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । लो॒के । चि॒कि॒त्वान् । सा॒दय॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । सु॒ऽकृ॒तस्य॑ । योनौ॑ । दे॒व॒ऽअ॒वीः । दे॒वान् । ह॒विषा॑ । य॒जा॒सि॒ । अग्ने॑ । बृ॒हत् । यज॑माने । वयः॑ । धाः॒ ॥
सीद । होतरिति । स्वे । ऊँ इति । लोके । चिकित्वान् । सादय । यज्ञम् । सुकृतस्य । योनौ । देवअवीः । देवान् । हविषा । यजासि । अग्ने । बृहत् । यजमाने । वयः । धाः ॥
sīda | hotariti | sve | oṃ iti | loke | cikitvān | sādaya | yajñam | su-kṛtasya | yonau | deva-avīḥ | devān | haviṣā | yajāsi | agne | bṛhat | yajamāne | vayaḥ | dhāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.29.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sva [word]; sva.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Loka; Earth; world; vernacular; people; room; world; Earth; loka [word]; space; Loka; topographic point; region; common sense.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“merit; virtue; auspiciousness.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[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, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb noun], locative, singular
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”