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 10.14.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मात॑ली क॒व्यैर्य॒मो अङ्गि॑रोभि॒र्बृह॒स्पति॒ॠक्व॑भिर्वावृधा॒नः । याँश्च॑ दे॒वा वा॑वृ॒धुर्ये च॑ दे॒वान्त्स्वाहा॒न्ये स्व॒धया॒न्ये म॑दन्ति ॥
मातली कव्यैर्यमो अङ्गिरोभिर्बृहस्पतिॠक्वभिर्वावृधानः । याँश्च देवा वावृधुर्ये च देवान्त्स्वाहान्ये स्वधयान्ये मदन्ति ॥
mātalī kavyair yamo aṅgirobhir bṛhaspatir ṛkvabhir vāvṛdhānaḥ | yām̐ś ca devā vāvṛdhur ye ca devān svāhānye svadhayānye madanti ||

English translation:

“Mātalin prospers with the Kavyas; Yama with the Aṅgirasas; Bṛhaspati with the Ṛkvans; they whomthe gods augment, and they who augment the gods, these rejoice in Svāhā, those in the Svadhā.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

MātaliṅMātalī is the name of the charioteer of Indra; so Mātalin (having Mātalī) is a name of Indra

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मात॑ली । क॒व्यैः । य॒मः । अङ्गि॑रःऽभिः । बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । ऋक्व॑ऽभिः । व॒वृ॒धा॒नः । यान् । च॒ । दे॒वाः । व॒वृ॒धुः । ये । च॒ । दे॒वान् । स्वाहा॑ । अ॒न्ये । स्व॒धया॑ । अ॒न्ये । म॒द॒न्ति॒ ॥
मातली । कव्यैः । यमः । अङ्गिरःभिः । बृहस्पतिः । ऋक्वभिः । ववृधानः । यान् । च । देवाः । ववृधुः । ये । च । देवान् । स्वाहा । अन्ये । स्वधया । अन्ये । मदन्ति ॥
mātalī | kavyaiḥ | yamaḥ | aṅgiraḥ-bhiḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ | ṛkva-bhiḥ | vavṛdhānaḥ | yān | ca | devāḥ | vavṛdhuḥ | ye | ca | devān | svāhā | anye | svadhayā | anye | madanti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.14.3 English analysis of grammar]

mātalī < mātali

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Mātali.”

kavyair < kavyaiḥ < kavya

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Kavya.”

yamo < yamaḥ < yama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”

aṅgirobhir < aṅgirobhiḥ < aṅgiras

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”

bṛhaspatir < bṛhaspatiḥ < bṛhaspati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”

ṛkvabhir < ṛkvabhiḥ < ṛkvan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“singing.”

vāvṛdhānaḥ < vṛdh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

yāṃś < yān < yad

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

vāvṛdhur < vāvṛdhuḥ < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

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

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

devān < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

svāhānye < svāhā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Svāhā; svāhā [word].”

svāhānye < anye < anya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

svadhayānye < svadhayā < svadhā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”

svadhayānye < anye < anya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

madanti < mad

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

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