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 10.30.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हि॒नोता॑ नो अध्व॒रं दे॑वय॒ज्या हि॒नोत॒ ब्रह्म॑ स॒नये॒ धना॑नाम् । ऋ॒तस्य॒ योगे॒ वि ष्य॑ध्व॒मूध॑: श्रुष्टी॒वरी॑र्भूतना॒स्मभ्य॑मापः ॥
हिनोता नो अध्वरं देवयज्या हिनोत ब्रह्म सनये धनानाम् । ऋतस्य योगे वि ष्यध्वमूधः श्रुष्टीवरीर्भूतनास्मभ्यमापः ॥
hinotā no adhvaraṃ devayajyā hinota brahma sanaye dhanānām | ṛtasya yoge vi ṣyadhvam ūdhaḥ śruṣṭīvarīr bhūtanāsmabhyam āpaḥ ||
English translation:
“Direct our sacrifice to the worship of the gods; direct our adoration to the acquisition of wealth; openthe udder on the occasion of (this) rite; be to us, waters, the givers of felicity.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The udder: ūdhas is the skin inwhich the Soma is contained (adhiṣavanacarma);
Yoga = the cart on which Soma is plural ced; opoen the skinwhich is on (or below) the sacrificial cart (Nirukta 6.22: ūdhasodhastādavasthiteneti manyamāno niruktakārobravīti-- yājñe śakaṭa iti vā)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣaḥ [kavaṣa ailūṣa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpa apānnapādvā;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हि॒नोत॑ । नः॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । दे॒व॒ऽय॒ज्या । हि॒नोत॑ । ब्रह्म॑ । स॒नये॑ । धना॑नाम् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योगे॑ । वि । स्य॒ध्व॒म् । ऊधः॑ । श्रु॒ष्टी॒ऽवरीः॑ । भू॒त॒न॒ । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । आ॒पः॒ ॥
हिनोत । नः । अध्वरम् । देवयज्या । हिनोत । ब्रह्म । सनये । धनानाम् । ऋतस्य । योगे । वि । स्यध्वम् । ऊधः । श्रुष्टीवरीः । भूतन । अस्मभ्यम् । आपः ॥
hinota | naḥ | adhvaram | deva-yajyā | hinota | brahma | sanaye | dhanānām | ṛtasya | yoge | vi | syadhvam | ūdhaḥ | śruṣṭī-varīḥ | bhūtana | asmabhyam | āpaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.30.11 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“sacrifice; yajña.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“gain.”
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“method; application; yoga; remedy; mix; treatment; mixture; procedure; contact; use; yogin; connection; application; union; magic trick; formulation; fraud; relation; sense; connection; war; therapy; enterprise; addition; undertaking; performance; marriage; yoke; yoga [word]; art; combination; assortment; confluence; constellation; relationship; connection; agent; means.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“tie.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“obedient; heedful; attentive.”
[verb], plural, Aorist 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.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”