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 8.19.24

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यो ह॒व्यान्यैर॑यता॒ मनु॑र्हितो दे॒व आ॒सा सु॑ग॒न्धिना॑ । विवा॑सते॒ वार्या॑णि स्वध्व॒रो होता॑ दे॒वो अम॑र्त्यः ॥
यो हव्यान्यैरयता मनुर्हितो देव आसा सुगन्धिना । विवासते वार्याणि स्वध्वरो होता देवो अमर्त्यः ॥
yo havyāny airayatā manurhito deva āsā sugandhinā | vivāsate vāryāṇi svadhvaro hotā devo amartyaḥ ||

English translation:

“The divine (Agni), established by Manu, the offerer of the sacrifice, the invoker (of the gods), the divine,the immortal, who conveys the oblations in his fragrant mouth, bestows (upon his adorers) desirable (riches).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । ह॒व्यानि॑ । ऐर॑यत । मनुः॑ऽहितः । दे॒वः । आ॒सा । सु॒ऽग॒न्धिना॑ । विवा॑सते । वार्या॑णि । सु॒ऽअ॒ध्व॒रः । होता॑ । दे॒वः । अम॑र्त्यः ॥
यः । हव्यानि । ऐरयत । मनुःहितः । देवः । आसा । सुगन्धिना । विवासते । वार्याणि । सुअध्वरः । होता । देवः । अमर्त्यः ॥
yaḥ | havyāni | airayata | manuḥ-hitaḥ | devaḥ | āsā | su-gandhinā | vivāsate | vāryāṇi | su-adhvaraḥ | hotā | devaḥ | amartyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.19.24 English analysis of grammar]

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

havyāny < havyāni < havya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

airayatā < airayata < īray < √īr

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“name; describe; propel; shoot; state; call; raise; expel; tell; enumerate.”

manurhito < manuḥ < manus

[noun], masculine

“Manu; man.”

manurhito < hitaḥ < dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

deva < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

āsā < ās

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“mouth.”

sugandhinā < sugandhi

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“fragrant.”

vivāsate < vivās < √van

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“invite; endeavor; try for.”

vāryāṇi < vārya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“wealth.”

svadhvaro < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

svadhvaro < adhvaraḥ < adhvara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

hotā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

devo < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

amartyaḥ < amartya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“immortal.”

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