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 3.32.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञो हि त॑ इन्द्र॒ वर्ध॑नो॒ भूदु॒त प्रि॒यः सु॒तसो॑मो मि॒येध॑: । य॒ज्ञेन॑ य॒ज्ञम॑व य॒ज्ञिय॒: सन्य॒ज्ञस्ते॒ वज्र॑महि॒हत्य॑ आवत् ॥
यज्ञो हि त इन्द्र वर्धनो भूदुत प्रियः सुतसोमो मियेधः । यज्ञेन यज्ञमव यज्ञियः सन्यज्ञस्ते वज्रमहिहत्य आवत् ॥
yajño hi ta indra vardhano bhūd uta priyaḥ sutasomo miyedhaḥ | yajñena yajñam ava yajñiyaḥ san yajñas te vajram ahihatya āvat ||
English translation:
“This our sacrifice, Indra, is your augmentation, for the rite in which the Soma is effused is acceptable to you do you who is deserving of worship protect the worshipper by (the efficacy of) the worship, and may this sacrifice strengthen your thunderbolt for the slaying of Ahi.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञः । हि । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वर्ध॑नः । भूत् । उ॒त । प्रि॒यः । सु॒तऽसो॑मः । मि॒येधः॑ । य॒ज्ञेन॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । अ॒व॒ । य॒ज्ञियः॑ । सन् । य॒ज्ञः । ते॒ । वज्र॑म् । अ॒हि॒ऽहत्ये॑ । आ॒व॒त् ॥
यज्ञः । हि । ते । इन्द्र । वर्धनः । भूत् । उत । प्रियः । सुतसोमः । मियेधः । यज्ञेन । यज्ञम् । अव । यज्ञियः । सन् । यज्ञः । ते । वज्रम् । अहिहत्ये । आवत् ॥
yajñaḥ | hi | te | indra | vardhanaḥ | bhūt | uta | priyaḥ | suta-somaḥ | miyedhaḥ | yajñena | yajñam | ava | yajñiyaḥ | san | yajñaḥ | te | vajram | ahi-hatye | āvat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.32.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“increasing; fortifying; promotive; prolonging.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[verb noun]
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“killing.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”