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 7.39.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते हि य॒ज्ञेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑स॒ ऊमा॑: स॒धस्थं॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒भि सन्ति॑ दे॒वाः । ताँ अ॑ध्व॒र उ॑श॒तो य॑क्ष्यग्ने श्रु॒ष्टी भगं॒ नास॑त्या॒ पुरं॑धिम् ॥
ते हि यज्ञेषु यज्ञियास ऊमाः सधस्थं विश्वे अभि सन्ति देवाः । ताँ अध्वर उशतो यक्ष्यग्ने श्रुष्टी भगं नासत्या पुरंधिम् ॥
te hi yajñeṣu yajñiyāsa ūmāḥ sadhasthaṃ viśve abhi santi devāḥ | tām̐ adhvara uśato yakṣy agne śruṣṭī bhagaṃ nāsatyā puraṃdhim ||

English translation:

“These universal adorable guardian deities occupy a common station at sacrifices; worship, Agni, thosedivinities, deservers (of oblations) at the ceremony, the swift Bhaga, the Nāsatyās and Purandhi.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Purandhi =Indra

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते । हि । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । य॒ज्ञिया॑सः । ऊमाः॑ । स॒धऽस्थ॑म् । विश्वे॑ । अ॒भि । सन्ति॑ दे॒वाः । तान् । अ॒ध्व॒रे । उ॒श॒तः । य॒क्षि॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । श्रु॒ष्टी । भग॑म् । नास॑त्या । पुर॑म्ऽधिम् ॥
ते । हि । यज्ञेषु । यज्ञियासः । ऊमाः । सधस्थम् । विश्वे । अभि । सन्ति देवाः । तान् । अध्वरे । उशतः । यक्षि । अग्ने । श्रुष्टी । भगम् । नासत्या । पुरम्धिम् ॥
te | hi | yajñeṣu | yajñiyāsaḥ | ūmāḥ | sadha-stham | viśve | abhi | santidevāḥ | tān | adhvare | uśataḥ | yakṣi | agne | śruṣṭī | bhagam | nāsatyā | puram-dhim

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.39.4 English analysis of grammar]

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

yajñeṣu < yajña

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

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

yajñiyāsa < yajñiyāsaḥ < yajñiya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

ūmāḥ < ūma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“assistant.”

sadhasthaṃ < sadhastham < sadhastha

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“dwelling; location; home.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

santi < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

tāṃ < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

adhvara < adhvare < adhvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

uśato < uśataḥ < vaś

[verb noun], accusative, plural

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

yakṣy < yakṣi < yaj

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

śruṣṭī < śruṣṭi

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

bhagaṃ < bhagam < bhaga

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”

nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

purandhim < puraṃdhi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“liberality; Puraṃdhi; munificence.”

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