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 7.17.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त द्वार॑ उश॒तीर्वि श्र॑यन्तामु॒त दे॒वाँ उ॑श॒त आ व॑हे॒ह ॥
उत द्वार उशतीर्वि श्रयन्तामुत देवाँ उशत आ वहेह ॥
uta dvāra uśatīr vi śrayantām uta devām̐ uśata ā vaheha ||

English translation:

“Let the willing doors and the chamber of sacrifice be thrown open; bring hither the willing gods.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । द्वारः॑ । उ॒श॒तीः । वि । श्र॒य॒न्ता॒म् । उ॒त । दे॒वान् । उ॒श॒तः । आ । व॒ह॒ । इ॒ह ॥
उत । द्वारः । उशतीः । वि । श्रयन्ताम् । उत । देवान् । उशतः । आ । वह । इह ॥
uta | dvāraḥ | uśatīḥ | vi | śrayantām | uta | devān | uśataḥ | ā | vaha | iha

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.17.2 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

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

dvāra < dvāraḥ < dvār

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“door; means.”

uśatīr < uśatīḥ < vaś

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

śrayantām < śri

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”

uta

[adverb]

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

devāṃ < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

uśata < uśataḥ < vaś

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

ā

[adverb]

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

vaheha < vahā < vah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

vaheha < iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

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