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 10.11.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृषा॒ वृष्णे॑ दुदुहे॒ दोह॑सा दि॒वः पयां॑सि य॒ह्वो अदि॑ते॒रदा॑भ्यः । विश्वं॒ स वे॑द॒ वरु॑णो॒ यथा॑ धि॒या स य॒ज्ञियो॑ यजतु य॒ज्ञियाँ॑ ऋ॒तून् ॥
वृषा वृष्णे दुदुहे दोहसा दिवः पयांसि यह्वो अदितेरदाभ्यः । विश्वं स वेद वरुणो यथा धिया स यज्ञियो यजतु यज्ञियाँ ऋतून् ॥
vṛṣā vṛṣṇe duduhe dohasā divaḥ payāṃsi yahvo aditer adābhyaḥ | viśvaṃ sa veda varuṇo yathā dhiyā sa yajñiyo yajatu yajñiyām̐ ṛtūn ||

English translation:

“The great, the unconquerable (Agni), the showerer, milks openly with a (great) milking the streams (ofprosperity) from heaven for the unwearying sacrificer; like Varuṇa, he knows everything by his understanding;may he who is skilled in sacrifice observe the sacrificial seasona.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): havirdhāna āṅgiḥ [havirdhāna āṅgi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृषा॑ । वृष्णे॑ । दु॒दु॒हे॒ । दोह॑सा । दि॒वः । पयां॑सि । य॒ह्वः । अदि॑तेः । अदा॑भ्यः । विश्व॑म् । सः । वे॒द॒ । वरु॑णः । यथा॑ । धि॒या । सः । य॒ज्ञियः॑ । य॒ज॒तु॒ । य॒ज्ञिया॑न् । ऋ॒तून् ॥
वृषा । वृष्णे । दुदुहे । दोहसा । दिवः । पयांसि । यह्वः । अदितेः । अदाभ्यः । विश्वम् । सः । वेद । वरुणः । यथा । धिया । सः । यज्ञियः । यजतु । यज्ञियान् । ऋतून् ॥
vṛṣā | vṛṣṇe | duduhe | dohasā | divaḥ | payāṃsi | yahvaḥ | aditeḥ | adābhyaḥ | viśvam | saḥ | veda | varuṇaḥ | yathā | dhiyā | saḥ | yajñiyaḥ | yajatu | yajñiyān | ṛtūn

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.11.1 English analysis of grammar]

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

vṛṣṇe < vṛṣan

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

duduhe < duh

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“milk.”

dohasā < dohas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular

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

payāṃsi < payas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”

yahvo < yahvaḥ < yahva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“youngest; youthful; active.”

aditer < aditeḥ < aditi

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“Aditi; aditi [word].”

adābhyaḥ < adābhya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“trustworthy; disabused(p).”

viśvaṃ < viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

veda < vid

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

dhiyā < dhī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

yajñiyo < yajñiyaḥ < yajñiya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

yajatu < yaj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

yajñiyāṃ < yajñiya

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

ṛtūn < ṛtu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”

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