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 5.3.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मे यामा॑सस्त्व॒द्रिग॑भूव॒न्वस॑वे वा॒ तदिदागो॑ अवाचि । नाहा॒यम॒ग्निर॒भिश॑स्तये नो॒ न रीष॑ते वावृधा॒नः परा॑ दात् ॥
इमे यामासस्त्वद्रिगभूवन्वसवे वा तदिदागो अवाचि । नाहायमग्निरभिशस्तये नो न रीषते वावृधानः परा दात् ॥
ime yāmāsas tvadrig abhūvan vasave vā tad id āgo avāci | nāhāyam agnir abhiśastaye no na rīṣate vāvṛdhānaḥ parā dāt ||
English translation:
“These (encomiums) are directed towards you, but perhaps an offence has thereby been uttered to (you), the giver of dwellings;may Agni,augmenting (by our praise), yield us not up to the maligner or the malevolent.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Perhaps an offence has: vasave vā tadid āgo avāci = that which is an offensive expression has been spoken to Vasu, giver of dwellings, by our saying or intimating, idam dehi, give this; or, this offence which has been offered to us by our enemies, has been reported to Agni
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasuśruta ātreyaḥ [vasuśruta ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मे । यामा॑सः । त्व॒द्रिक् । अ॒भू॒व॒न् । वस॑वे । वा॒ । तत् । इत् । आगः॑ । अ॒वा॒चि॒ । न । अह॑ । अ॒यम् । अ॒ग्निः । अ॒भिऽश॑स्तये । नः॒ । न । रिष॑ते । व॒वृ॒धा॒नः । परा॑ । दा॒त् ॥
इमे । यामासः । त्वद्रिक् । अभूवन् । वसवे । वा । तत् । इत् । आगः । अवाचि । न । अह । अयम् । अग्निः । अभिशस्तये । नः । न । रिषते । ववृधानः । परा । दात् ॥
ime | yāmāsaḥ | tvadrik | abhūvan | vasave | vā | tat | it | āgaḥ | avāci | na | aha | ayam | agniḥ | abhi-śastaye | naḥ | na | riṣate | vavṛdhānaḥ | parā | dāt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.3.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“prahara; watch; travel; path.”
[adverb]
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Vasu; Vasu; eight; vas; audbhida; Deva; sun; pāṃśuja; Agni.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“sin; evildoing; mistake.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[adverb]
“aha [word]; indeed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“hex; accusation; defamation; blame; aspersion.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“suffer; harm.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”