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 8.74.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पन्यां॑सं जा॒तवे॑दसं॒ यो दे॒वता॒त्युद्य॑ता । ह॒व्यान्यैर॑यद्दि॒वि ॥
पन्यांसं जातवेदसं यो देवतात्युद्यता । हव्यान्यैरयद्दिवि ॥
panyāṃsaṃ jātavedasaṃ yo devatāty udyatā | havyāny airayad divi ||

English translation:

“Jātavedaqs, the earnest praiser of his worshipper, who sends to heaven the oblations presented inthe sacrifice.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पन्या॑सम् । जा॒तऽवे॑दसम् । यः । दे॒वऽता॑ति । उत्ऽय॑ता । ह॒व्यानि॑ । ऐर॑यत् । दि॒वि ॥
पन्यासम् । जातवेदसम् । यः । देवताति । उत्यता । हव्यानि । ऐरयत् । दिवि ॥
panyāsam | jāta-vedasam | yaḥ | deva-tāti | ut-yatā | havyāni | airayat | divi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.74.3 English analysis of grammar]

panyāṃsaṃ < panyāṃsam < panyas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“precious.”

jātavedasaṃ < jātavedasam < jātavedas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

devatāty < devatāti < devatāt

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

udyatā < udyam < √yam

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“raise; prepare; begin; endeavor; specialize.”

havyāny < havyāni < havya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

airayad < airayat < īray < √īr

[verb], singular, Imperfect

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

divi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

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