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 10.15.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम॑ग्न ईळि॒तो जा॑तवे॒दोऽवा॑ड्ढ॒व्यानि॑ सुर॒भीणि॑ कृ॒त्वी । प्रादा॑: पि॒तृभ्य॑: स्व॒धया॒ ते अ॑क्षन्न॒द्धि त्वं दे॑व॒ प्रय॑ता ह॒वींषि॑ ॥
त्वमग्न ईळितो जातवेदोऽवाड्ढव्यानि सुरभीणि कृत्वी । प्रादाः पितृभ्यः स्वधया ते अक्षन्नद्धि त्वं देव प्रयता हवींषि ॥
tvam agna īḻito jātavedo 'vāḍ ḍhavyāni surabhīṇi kṛtvī | prādāḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svadhayā te akṣann addhi tvaṃ deva prayatā havīṃṣi ||
English translation:
“Agni Jātavedas, who are glorified (by us), having made our oblations fragrant, you have borne themoff, and have presented them to the Pitṛs; may they partake of them with the Svadhā; and do you also, divineAgni, feed upon the offered oblations.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Yajus. 19.66: jātavedas = kavyavāhana; with the svadhā:svadhākāreṇa, i.e., with the exclamation, svadhā! or, it may mean, along with the svadhā or pitṛ-oblationitself
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṅkho yāmāyanaḥ [śaṅkha yāmāyana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pitaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ई॒ळि॒तः । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । अवा॑ट् । ह॒व्यानि॑ । सु॒र॒भीणि॑ । कृ॒त्वी । प्र । अ॒दाः॒ । पि॒तृऽभ्यः॑ । स्व॒धया॑ । ते । अ॒क्ष॒न् । अ॒द्धि । त्वम् । दे॒व॒ । प्रऽय॑ता । ह॒वींषि॑ ॥
त्वम् । अग्ने । ईळितः । जातवेदः । अवाट् । हव्यानि । सुरभीणि । कृत्वी । प्र । अदाः । पितृभ्यः । स्वधया । ते । अक्षन् । अद्धि । त्वम् । देव । प्रयता । हवींषि ॥
tvam | agne | īḷitaḥ | jāta-vedaḥ | avāṭ | havyāni | surabhīṇi | kṛtvī | pra | adāḥ | p itṛ-bhyaḥ | svadhayā | te | akṣan | addhi | tvam | deva | pra-yatā | havīṃṣi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.15.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“praise; invite; raise.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“fragrant; perfumed; surabhi [word].”
[verb noun]
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“give; perform; add; administer; put; fuel; sacrifice; offer; hand over; use.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“eat.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“eat; devour.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“give; emit; send; transmit.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”