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 7.15.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम॑ग्ने वी॒रव॒द्यशो॑ दे॒वश्च॑ सवि॒ता भग॑: । दिति॑श्च दाति॒ वार्य॑म् ॥
त्वमग्ने वीरवद्यशो देवश्च सविता भगः । दितिश्च दाति वार्यम् ॥
tvam agne vīravad yaśo devaś ca savitā bhagaḥ | ditiś ca dāti vāryam ||
English translation:
“Do you, Agni, give us food along with male issue, and may the divine Savitā, Bhaga and Diti, give uswealth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । वी॒रऽव॑त् । यशः॑ । दे॒वः । च॒ । स॒वि॒ता । भगः॑ । दितिः॑ । च॒ । दा॒ति॒ । वार्य॑म् ॥
त्वम् । अग्ने । वीरवत् । यशः । देवः । च । सविता । भगः । दितिः । च । दाति । वार्यम् ॥
tvam | agne | vīra-vat | yaśaḥ | devaḥ | ca | savitā | bhagaḥ | ditiḥ | ca | dāti | vāyarm
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.15.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[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
“rich in men.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fame; Yaśas.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Diti; diti [word].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth.”