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 10.12.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दे॒वो दे॒वान्प॑रि॒भूॠ॒तेन॒ वहा॑ नो ह॒व्यं प्र॑थ॒मश्चि॑कि॒त्वान् । धू॒मके॑तुः स॒मिधा॒ भाऋ॑जीको म॒न्द्रो होता॒ नित्यो॑ वा॒चा यजी॑यान् ॥
देवो देवान्परिभूॠतेन वहा नो हव्यं प्रथमश्चिकित्वान् । धूमकेतुः समिधा भाऋजीको मन्द्रो होता नित्यो वाचा यजीयान् ॥
devo devān paribhūr ṛtena vahā no havyam prathamaś cikitvān | dhūmaketuḥ samidhā bhāṛjīko mandro hotā nityo vācā yajīyān ||

English translation:

“Do you, bright (Agni), surrounding the gods, carry our oblation with due rites; you, who are the chief(of the deities), the wise, the smoke-bannered, fuel-kindled, straight-flaming, adorable, the invoker, the constantsacrificer with prayer.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दे॒वः । दे॒वान् । प॒रि॒ऽभूः । ऋ॒तेन॑ । वह॑ । नः॒ । ह॒व्यम् । प्र॒थ॒मः । चि॒कि॒त्वान् । धू॒मऽके॑तुः । स॒म्ऽइधा॑ । भाःऽऋ॑जीकः । म॒न्द्रः । होता॑ । नित्यः॑ । वा॒चा । यजी॑यान् ॥
देवः । देवान् । परिभूः । ऋतेन । वह । नः । हव्यम् । प्रथमः । चिकित्वान् । धूमकेतुः । सम्इधा । भाःऋजीकः । मन्द्रः । होता । नित्यः । वाचा । यजीयान् ॥
devaḥ | devān | pari-bhūḥ | ṛtena | vaha | naḥ | havyam | prathamaḥ | cikitvān | dhūma-ketuḥ | sam-idhā | bhāḥ-ṛjīkaḥ | mandraḥ | hotā | nityaḥ | vācā | yajīyān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.12.2 English analysis of grammar]

devo < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

devān < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

paribhūr < paribhūḥ < paribhū

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“extended.”

ṛtena < ṛta

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

vahā < vah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

havyam < havya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

prathamaś < prathamaḥ < prathama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

cikitvān < cit

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”

dhūmaketuḥ < dhūma

[noun], masculine

“smoke; dhūmavedha; carbon black; dhūmana; mist; vapor; vaporization; dhūma [word]; incense.”

dhūmaketuḥ < ketuḥ < ketu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”

samidhā < samidh

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”

bhāṛjīko < bhāṛjīkaḥ < bhāṛjīka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“shining.”

mandro < mandraḥ < mandra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”

hotā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

nityo < nityaḥ < nitya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”

vācā < vāc

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

yajīyān < yajīyas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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