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 10.45.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ तं भ॑ज सौश्रव॒सेष्व॑ग्न उ॒क्थौ॑क्थ॒ आ भ॑ज श॒स्यमा॑ने । प्रि॒यः सूर्ये॑ प्रि॒यो अ॒ग्ना भ॑वा॒त्युज्जा॒तेन॑ भि॒नद॒दुज्जनि॑त्वैः ॥
आ तं भज सौश्रवसेष्वग्न उक्थौक्थ आ भज शस्यमाने । प्रियः सूर्ये प्रियो अग्ना भवात्युज्जातेन भिनददुज्जनित्वैः ॥
ā tam bhaja sauśravaseṣv agna uktha-uktha ā bhaja śasyamāne | priyaḥ sūrye priyo agnā bhavāty uj jātena bhinadad uj janitvaiḥ ||

English translation:

“Prosper the worshipper, Agni, when beautiful sacrificial viands (are being offered), when sacredpraises are being recited (by him). May he be dear to Sūrya, dear to Agni; may he by a son born, or sons to beborn, overcome (his foes).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsapriḥ [vatsapri];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । तम् । भ॒ज॒ । सौ॒श्र॒वसेषु॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । उ॒क्थेऽउ॑क्थे । आ । भ॒ज॒ । श॒स्यमा॑ने । प्रि॒यः । सूर्ये॑ । प्रि॒यः । अ॒ग्ना । भ॒वा॒ति॒ । उत् । जा॒तेन॑ । भि॒नद॑त् । उत् । जनि॑ऽत्वैः ॥
आ । तम् । भज । सौश्रवसेषु । अग्ने । उक्थेउक्थे । आ । भज । शस्यमाने । प्रियः । सूर्ये । प्रियः । अग्ना । भवाति । उत् । जातेन । भिनदत् । उत् । जनित्वैः ॥
ā | tam | bhaja | sauśravaseṣu | agne | ukthe--ukthe | ā | bhaja | śasyamāne | priyaḥ | sūrye | priyaḥ | agnā | bhavāti | ut | jātena | bhinadat | ut | jani-tvaiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.45.10 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

bhaja < bhaj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”

sauśravaseṣv < sauśravaseṣu < sauśravasa

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

agna < agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

uktha < ukthe < uktha

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

uktha < ukthe < uktha

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

ā

[adverb]

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

bhaja < bhaj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”

śasyamāne < śaṃs

[verb noun], locative, singular

“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”

priyaḥ < priya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

sūrye < sūrya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

priyo < priyaḥ < priya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

agnā < agni

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

bhavāty < bhavāti < bhū

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“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.”

uj < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

jātena < jan

[verb noun], instrumental, singular

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

bhinadad < bhinadat < bhid

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”

uj < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

janitvaiḥ < jan

[verb noun], instrumental, plural

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

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