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 10.13.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒मे इ॑व॒ यत॑माने॒ यदैतं॒ प्र वां॑ भर॒न्मानु॑षा देव॒यन्त॑: । आ सी॑दतं॒ स्वमु॑ लो॒कं विदा॑ने स्वास॒स्थे भ॑वत॒मिन्द॑वे नः ॥
यमे इव यतमाने यदैतं प्र वां भरन्मानुषा देवयन्तः । आ सीदतं स्वमु लोकं विदाने स्वासस्थे भवतमिन्दवे नः ॥
yame iva yatamāne yad aitam pra vām bharan mānuṣā devayantaḥ | ā sīdataṃ svam u lokaṃ vidāne svāsasthe bhavatam indave naḥ ||

English translation:

“When you two came, like twins, busily engaged, then devout worshipper brought you forward;knowing your plural ce there abide and be fair storehouses for our Soma.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Busily engaged: i.e., engaged in theperformance of your own duties of moving and bearing the oblation

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vivasvānādityaḥ [vivasvānāditya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): havirdhāne ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒मे इ॒वेति॑ य॒मेऽइ॑व । यत॑माने॒ इति॑ । यत् । ऐत॑म् । प्र । वा॒म् । भ॒र॒न् । मानु॑षाः । दे॒व॒ऽयन्तः॑ । आ । सी॒द॒त॒म् । स्वम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । लो॒कम् । विदा॑ने॒ इति॑ । स्वा॒स॒स्थे इति॑ सु॒ऽआ॒स॒स्थे । भ॒व॒त॒म् । इन्द॑वे । नः॒ ॥
यमे इवेति यमेइव । यतमाने इति । यत् । ऐतम् । प्र । वाम् । भरन् । मानुषाः । देवयन्तः । आ । सीदतम् । स्वम् । ऊँ इति । लोकम् । विदाने इति । स्वासस्थे इति सुआसस्थे । भवतम् । इन्दवे । नः ॥
yame ivetiyame--iva | yatamāneiti | yat | aitam | pra | vām | bharan | mānuṣāḥ | deva-yantaḥ | ā | sīdatam | svam | oṃ iti | lokam | vidāneiti | svāsasthe itisu-āsasthe | bhavatam | indave | naḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.13.2 English analysis of grammar]

yame < yama

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

yatamāne < yat

[verb noun], nominative, dual

“strive; endeavor; join; equal; rival.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

aitam < i

[verb], dual, Imperfect

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

bharan < bhṛ

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

mānuṣā < mānuṣāḥ < mānuṣa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man; man.”

devayantaḥ < devay

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“solicit.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

sīdataṃ < sīdatam < sad

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

svam < sva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

lokaṃ < lokam < loka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Loka; Earth; world; vernacular; people; room; world; Earth; loka [word]; space; Loka; topographic point; region; common sense.”

vidāne < vid

[verb noun], nominative, dual

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

svāsasthe < svāsastha

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

bhavatam < bhū

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

indave < indu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

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