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 8.19.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यजि॑ष्ठं त्वा ववृमहे दे॒वं दे॑व॒त्रा होता॑र॒मम॑र्त्यम् । अ॒स्य य॒ज्ञस्य॑ सु॒क्रतु॑म् ॥
यजिष्ठं त्वा ववृमहे देवं देवत्रा होतारममर्त्यम् । अस्य यज्ञस्य सुक्रतुम् ॥
yajiṣṭhaṃ tvā vavṛmahe devaṃ devatrā hotāram amartyam | asya yajñasya sukratum ||

English translation:

“We adore you, the most adorable deity, the invoker of the gods, the immortal, the perfecter of thissacrifice.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

"We adore you, the most adorable, the deity among deities, the invokeṛ."

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यजि॑ष्ठम् । त्वा॒ । व॒वृ॒म॒हे॒ । दे॒वम् । दे॒व॒ऽत्रा । होता॑रम् । अम॑र्त्यम् । अ॒स्य । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । सु॒ऽक्रतु॑म् ॥
यजिष्ठम् । त्वा । ववृमहे । देवम् । देवत्रा । होतारम् । अमर्त्यम् । अस्य । यज्ञस्य । सुक्रतुम् ॥
yajiṣṭham | tvā | vavṛmahe | devam | deva-trā | hotāram | amartyam | asya | yajñasya | su-kratum

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.19.3 English analysis of grammar]

yajiṣṭhaṃ < yajiṣṭham < yajiṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vavṛmahe < vṛ

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“choose; ask.”

devaṃ < devam < deva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

devatrā

[adverb]

hotāram < hotṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

amartyam < amartya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“immortal.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

yajñasya < yajña

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

sukratum < sukratu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wise.”

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