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 10.30.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आग्म॒न्नाप॑ उश॒तीर्ब॒र्हिरेदं न्य॑ध्व॒रे अ॑सदन्देव॒यन्ती॑: । अध्व॑र्यवः सुनु॒तेन्द्रा॑य॒ सोम॒मभू॑दु वः सु॒शका॑ देवय॒ज्या ॥
आग्मन्नाप उशतीर्बर्हिरेदं न्यध्वरे असदन्देवयन्तीः । अध्वर्यवः सुनुतेन्द्राय सोममभूदु वः सुशका देवयज्या ॥
āgmann āpa uśatīr barhir edaṃ ny adhvare asadan devayantīḥ | adhvaryavaḥ sunutendrāya somam abhūd u vaḥ suśakā devayajyā ||

English translation:

“The waters desiring (it) have come to this sacred grass, and wishing to satisfy the gods, have satdown at our sacrifice; express priests, the Soma for Indrra; for you the worship of the gods is easy.”

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]:

आ । अ॒ग्म॒न् । आपः॑ । उ॒श॒तीः । ब॒र्हिः । आ । इ॒दम् । नि । अ॒ध्व॒रे । अ॒स॒द॒न् । दे॒व॒ऽयन्तीः॑ । अध्व॑र्यवः । सु॒नु॒त । इन्द्रा॑य । सोम॑म् । अभू॑त् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । वः॒ । सु॒ऽशका॑ । दे॒व॒ऽय॒ज्या ॥
आ । अग्मन् । आपः । उशतीः । बर्हिः । आ । इदम् । नि । अध्वरे । असदन् । देवयन्तीः । अध्वर्यवः । सुनुत । इन्द्राय । सोमम् । अभूत् । ऊँ इति । वः । सुशका । देवयज्या ॥
ā | agman | āpaḥ | uśatīḥ | barhiḥ | ā | idam | ni | adhvare | asadan | deva-yantīḥ | adhvaryavaḥ | sunuta | indrāya | somam | abhūt | oṃ iti | vaḥ | su-śakā | deva-yajyā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.30.15 English analysis of grammar]

āgmann < āgman < āgam < √gam

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“come; arrive; return; enter (a state); approach; travel; enter; inherit; hand down; achieve; reach; appear; happen.”

āpa < āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

uśatīr < uśatīḥ < vaś

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

barhir < barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

edaṃ < ā

[adverb]

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

edaṃ < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

ny < ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

adhvare < adhvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

asadan < sad

[verb], plural, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

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

devayantīḥ < devay

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“solicit.”

adhvaryavaḥ < adhvaryu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Adhvaryu; adhvaryu [word]; Yajur-Veda.”

sunutendrāya < sunuta < su

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“press out; su.”

sunutendrāya < indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

abhūd < abhūt < bhū

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

suśakā < suśaka

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“easy.”

devayajyā < deva

[noun], masculine

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

devayajyā < yajyā < yajya

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“sacrifice; yajña.”

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