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 3.32.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒ज्ञेनेन्द्र॒मव॒सा च॑क्रे अ॒र्वागैनं॑ सु॒म्नाय॒ नव्य॑से ववृत्याम् । यः स्तोमे॑भिर्वावृ॒धे पू॒र्व्येभि॒र्यो म॑ध्य॒मेभि॑रु॒त नूत॑नेभिः ॥
यज्ञेनेन्द्रमवसा चक्रे अर्वागैनं सुम्नाय नव्यसे ववृत्याम् । यः स्तोमेभिर्वावृधे पूर्व्येभिर्यो मध्यमेभिरुत नूतनेभिः ॥
yajñenendram avasā cakre arvāg ainaṃ sumnāya navyase vavṛtyām | yaḥ stomebhir vāvṛdhe pūrvyebhir yo madhyamebhir uta nūtanebhiḥ ||

English translation:

“The worshipper, by his conservatory sacrifice, has made Indra present; may Ibring him to my presence to obtain new wealth, him who has been exalted by praise, whether ancient, medieval, or recent.”

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]:

य॒ज्ञेन॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । अव॑सा । आ । च॒क्रे॒ । अ॒र्वाक् । आ । ए॒न॒म् । सु॒म्नाय॑ । नव्य॑से । व॒वृ॒त्या॒म् । यः । स्तोमे॑भिः । व॒वृ॒धे । पू॒र्व्येभिः॑ । यः । म॒ध्य॒मेभिः॑ । उ॒त । नूत॑नेभिः ॥
यज्ञेन । इन्द्रम् । अवसा । आ । चक्रे । अर्वाक् । आ । एनम् । सुम्नाय । नव्यसे । ववृत्याम् । यः । स्तोमेभिः । ववृधे । पूर्व्येभिः । यः । मध्यमेभिः । उत । नूतनेभिः ॥
yajñena | indram | avasā | ā | cakre | arvāk | ā | enam | sumnāya | navyase | vavṛtyām | yaḥ | stomebhiḥ | vavṛdhe | pūrvyebhiḥ | yaḥ | madhyamebhiḥ | uta | nūtanebh iḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.32.13 English analysis of grammar]

yajñenendram < yajñena < yajña

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

yajñenendram < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

avasā < avas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

cakre < kṛ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

arvāg < arvāk

[adverb]

“here.”

ainaṃ < ā

[adverb]

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

ainaṃ < enam < enad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

sumnāya < sumna

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”

navyase < navyas

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“new.”

vavṛtyām < vṛt

[verb], singular, Perfect optative

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

ya < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

stomebhir < stomebhiḥ < stoma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

vāvṛdhe < vṛdh

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

pūrvyebhir < pūrvyebhiḥ < pūrvya

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

madhyamebhir < madhyamebhiḥ < madhyama

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“intermediate; middle; average; second; average; adult; central; moderate; mean; center(a).”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

nūtanebhiḥ < nūtana

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“new; fresh; recent; contemporary; present(a); first.”

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