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 8.92.21

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्रिक॑द्रुकेषु॒ चेत॑नं दे॒वासो॑ य॒ज्ञम॑त्नत । तमिद्व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिर॑: ॥
त्रिकद्रुकेषु चेतनं देवासो यज्ञमत्नत । तमिद्वर्धन्तु नो गिरः ॥
trikadrukeṣu cetanaṃ devāso yajñam atnata | tam id vardhantu no giraḥ ||

English translation:

“The gods extended the heaven-revealing sacrifice in the Trikadruka days-- may our praise prosper iṭ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

RV 8.13.18: yajñam = indra yaṣṭavyam; Trikadruka days: these are the first three days of the ābhiplava, areligious ceremony which lasts six days and is a part of the gavāmāyana sacrifice. The first three days areseverally called: jyotiṣ, go, āyus; the latter three: go, āyus. and jyotis

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śrutakakṣaḥ sukakṣo vā [śrutakakṣa sukakṣa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्रिऽक॑द्रुकेषु । चेत॑नम् । दे॒वासः॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । अ॒त्न॒त॒ । तम् । इत् । व॒र्ध॒न्तु॒ । नः॒ । गिरः॑ ॥
त्रिकद्रुकेषु । चेतनम् । देवासः । यज्ञम् । अत्नत । तम् । इत् । वर्धन्तु । नः । गिरः ॥
tri-kadrukeṣu | cetanam | devāsaḥ | yajñam | atnata | tam | it | vardhantu | naḥ | giraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.21 English analysis of grammar]

trikadrukeṣu < trikadruka

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“Trikadruka.”

cetanaṃ < cetanam < cetana

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“noteworthy; remarkable; memorable; conspicuous; conscious; sentient.”

devāso < devāsaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

atnata < tan

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

vardhantu < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

giraḥ < gir

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

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