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 8.13.30

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यं दी॒र्घाय॒ चक्ष॑से॒ प्राचि॑ प्रय॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे । मिमी॑ते य॒ज्ञमा॑नु॒षग्वि॒चक्ष्य॑ ॥
अयं दीर्घाय चक्षसे प्राचि प्रयत्यध्वरे । मिमीते यज्ञमानुषग्विचक्ष्य ॥
ayaṃ dīrghāya cakṣase prāci prayaty adhvare | mimīte yajñam ānuṣag vicakṣya ||

English translation:

“When the ceremony is being prepared in the hall of sacrifice, this (Indra), having inspected the rite,regulates (the performance) in due succession for a distant object.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Distant object: for future rewards; "this (Indra)for a long prospect, in the east proceeding sacrifice, measures, having considered in succession the sacrifice",agam dīrghāya cakṣase prācī prayati adhvare mimīte yajñam anuṣag vicakṣya

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nāradaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nārada kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍārṣyuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यम् । दी॒र्घाय॑ । चक्ष॑से । प्राचि॑ । प्र॒ऽय॒ति । अ॒ध्व॒रे । मिमी॑ते । य॒ज्ञम् । आ॒नु॒षक् । वि॒ऽचक्ष्य॑ ॥
अयम् । दीर्घाय । चक्षसे । प्राचि । प्रयति । अध्वरे । मिमीते । यज्ञम् । आनुषक् । विचक्ष्य ॥
ayam | dīrghāya | cakṣase | prāci | pra-yati | adhvare | mimīte | yajñam | ānuṣak | v i-cakṣya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.13.30 English analysis of grammar]

ayaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

dīrghāya < dīrgha

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”

cakṣase < cakṣas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“eye; look; radiance.”

prāci < prāñc

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“eastern; aforesaid(a); former(a); eastbound; easterly; anterior; forward; prāñc [word].”

prayaty < prayati < pre < √i

[verb noun], locative, singular

“die; proceed; advance; continue; begin; depart.”

adhvare < adhvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

mimīte <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”

yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

ānuṣag < ānuṣak

[adverb]

“correctly; in sequence; punctually.”

vicakṣya < vicakṣ < √cakṣ

[verb noun]

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