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 10.53.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सा॒ध्वीम॑कर्दे॒ववी॑तिं नो अ॒द्य य॒ज्ञस्य॑ जि॒ह्वाम॑विदाम॒ गुह्या॑म् । स आयु॒रागा॑त्सुर॒भिर्वसा॑नो भ॒द्राम॑कर्दे॒वहू॑तिं नो अ॒द्य ॥
साध्वीमकर्देववीतिं नो अद्य यज्ञस्य जिह्वामविदाम गुह्याम् । स आयुरागात्सुरभिर्वसानो भद्रामकर्देवहूतिं नो अद्य ॥
sādhvīm akar devavītiṃ no adya yajñasya jihvām avidāma guhyām | sa āyur āgāt surabhir vasāno bhadrām akar devahūtiṃ no adya ||
English translation:
“He has today made our banquet to the gods efficacious; we have obtained the mysterious tongue ofsacrifice; he has come, fragrant, clothed with life; he makes our oblation to the gods today auspicious.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Themysterious tongue: Agni is the tongue of the gods, by means of him they drink the oblations
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): devāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ saucīkaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सा॒ध्वीम् । अ॒कः॒ । दे॒वऽवी॑तिम् । नः॒ । अ॒द्य । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । जि॒ह्वाम् । अ॒वि॒दा॒म॒ । गुह्या॑म् । सः । आयुः॑ । आ । अ॒गा॒त् । सु॒र॒भिः । वसा॑नः । भ॒द्राम् । अ॒कः॒ । दे॒वऽहू॑तिम् । नः॒ । अ॒द्य ॥
साध्वीम् । अकः । देववीतिम् । नः । अद्य । यज्ञस्य । जिह्वाम् । अविदाम । गुह्याम् । सः । आयुः । आ । अगात् । सुरभिः । वसानः । भद्राम् । अकः । देवहूतिम् । नः । अद्य ॥
sādhvīm | akaḥ | deva-vītim | naḥ | adya | yajñasya | jihvām | avidāma | guhyām | saḥ | āyuḥ | ā | agāt | surabhiḥ | vasānaḥ | bhadrām | akaḥ | deva-hūtim | naḥ | adya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.53.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“good; good; correct; correct; sādhu [word]; excellent; efficient.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”
[verb], plural, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“secret; concealed.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“life; longevity; āyus; life; āyus [word]; Āyus.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“come; arrive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fragrant; perfumed; surabhi [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“wear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“invocation.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”