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 7.2.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विप्रा॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॒ मानु॑षेषु का॒रू मन्ये॑ वां जा॒तवे॑दसा॒ यज॑ध्यै । ऊ॒र्ध्वं नो॑ अध्व॒रं कृ॑तं॒ हवे॑षु॒ ता दे॒वेषु॑ वनथो॒ वार्या॑णि ॥
विप्रा यज्ञेषु मानुषेषु कारू मन्ये वां जातवेदसा यजध्यै । ऊर्ध्वं नो अध्वरं कृतं हवेषु ता देवेषु वनथो वार्याणि ॥
viprā yajñeṣu mānuṣeṣu kārū manye vāṃ jātavedasā yajadhyai | ūrdhvaṃ no adhvaraṃ kṛtaṃ haveṣu tā deveṣu vanatho vāryāṇi ||

English translation:

“I am minded to adore you two sages, the ministrants at sacrifices of men, from celebrated, convey ouroffspring aloft, and acquire (for our use) the precious (treasures preserved) among the gods.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विप्रा॑ । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । मानु॑षेषु । का॒रू इति॑ । मन्ये॑ । वा॒म् । जा॒तऽवे॑दसा । यज॑ध्यै । ऊ॒र्ध्वम् । नः॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । कृ॒त॒म् । हवे॑षु । ता । दे॒वेषु॑ । व॒न॒थः॒ । वार्या॑णि ॥
विप्रा । यज्ञेषु । मानुषेषु । कारू इति । मन्ये । वाम् । जातवेदसा । यजध्यै । ऊर्ध्वम् । नः । अध्वरम् । कृतम् । हवेषु । ता । देवेषु । वनथः । वार्याणि ॥
viprā | yajñeṣu | mānuṣeṣu | kārū iti | manye | vām | jāta-vedasā | yajadhyai | ūrdhvam | naḥ | adhvaram | kṛtam | haveṣu | tā | deveṣu | vanathaḥ | vāryāṇi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.2.7 English analysis of grammar]

viprā < viprāḥ < vipra

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

yajñeṣu < yajña

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

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

mānuṣeṣu < mānuṣa

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“human.”

kārū < kāru

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“poet; singer.”

manye < man

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

jātavedasā < jātavedas

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Agni; fire.”

yajadhyai < yaj

[verb noun]

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

ūrdhvaṃ < ūrdhvam < ūrdhva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“upper; up(a); upper; upward; erect; more(a); raised; ūrdhva [word]; acclivitous; overturned; loud; eminent; high.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

adhvaraṃ < adhvaram < adhvara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

kṛtaṃ < kṛtam < kṛ

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“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.”

haveṣu < hava

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“invocation.”

< tad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

deveṣu < deva

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

vanatho < vanathaḥ < van

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”

vāryāṇi < vārya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“wealth.”

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