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 10.46.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यं त्वा॑ दे॒वा द॑धि॒रे ह॑व्य॒वाहं॑ पुरु॒स्पृहो॒ मानु॑षासो॒ यज॑त्रम् । स याम॑न्नग्ने स्तुव॒ते वयो॑ धा॒: प्र दे॑व॒यन्य॒शस॒: सं हि पू॒र्वीः ॥
यं त्वा देवा दधिरे हव्यवाहं पुरुस्पृहो मानुषासो यजत्रम् । स यामन्नग्ने स्तुवते वयो धाः प्र देवयन्यशसः सं हि पूर्वीः ॥
yaṃ tvā devā dadhire havyavāham puruspṛho mānuṣāso yajatram | sa yāmann agne stuvate vayo dhāḥ pra devayan yaśasaḥ saṃ hi pūrvīḥ ||

English translation:

“You, whom the gods appointed as the bearer of oblations, whom men, desiring manifold blessings,regard as the object of worship; do you, Agni, bestow food upon him who praises you at the sacrifice; for thedevout worshipper verily obtains great renown.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यम् । त्वा॒ । दे॒वाः । द॒धि॒रे । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् । पु॒रु॒ऽस्पृहः॑ । मानु॑षासः । यज॑त्रम् । सः । याम॑न् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । स्तु॒व॒ते । वयः॑ । धाः॒ । प्र । दे॒व॒ऽयन् । य॒शसः॑ । सम् । हि । पू॒र्वीः ॥
यम् । त्वा । देवाः । दधिरे । हव्यवाहम् । पुरुस्पृहः । मानुषासः । यजत्रम् । सः । यामन् । अग्ने । स्तुवते । वयः । धाः । प्र । देवयन् । यशसः । सम् । हि । पूर्वीः ॥
yam | tvā | devāḥ | dadhire | havya-vāham | puru-spṛhaḥ | mānuṣāsaḥ | yajatram | saḥ | yāman | agne | stuvate | vayaḥ | dhāḥ | pra | deva-yan | yaśasaḥ | sam | hi | pūrvīḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.46.10 English analysis of grammar]

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

dadhire < dhā

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

havyavāham < havya

[noun], neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

havyavāham < vāham < vāha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“transporting; flowing; removing.”

puruspṛho < puruspṛhaḥ < puruspṛh

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“coveted; desirous.”

mānuṣāso < mānuṣāsaḥ < mānuṣa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man; man.”

yajatram < yajatra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“adorable.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

yāmann < yāman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”

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.”

stuvate < stu

[verb noun], dative, singular

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

vayo < vayaḥ < vayas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”

dhāḥ < dhā

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

devayan < devay

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“solicit.”

yaśasaḥ < yaśas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“fame; Yaśas.”

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

pūrvīḥ < puru

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“many; much(a); very.”

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