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 10.65.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दि॒वक्ष॑सो अग्निजि॒ह्वा ऋ॑ता॒वृध॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ योनिं॑ विमृ॒शन्त॑ आसते । द्यां स्क॑भि॒त्व्य१॒॑प आ च॑क्रु॒रोज॑सा य॒ज्ञं ज॑नि॒त्वी त॒न्वी॒३॒॑ नि मा॑मृजुः ॥
दिवक्षसो अग्निजिह्वा ऋतावृध ऋतस्य योनिं विमृशन्त आसते । द्यां स्कभित्व्यप आ चक्रुरोजसा यज्ञं जनित्वी तन्वी नि मामृजुः ॥
divakṣaso agnijihvā ṛtāvṛdha ṛtasya yoniṃ vimṛśanta āsate | dyāṃ skabhitvy apa ā cakrur ojasā yajñaṃ janitvī tanvī ni māmṛjuḥ ||

English translation:

“Pervading heaven (with their radiance), having Agni as their tongue, the augmenters of sacrifice,(these deities) sit contemplating the plural ce of sacrifice; sustaining heaven they have produced the waters by theirpower; having genitive rated sacrifice, they have decorated their person ns (with it).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

I.e., they partake of the oblation

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasukarṇo vāsukraḥ [vasukarṇa vāsukra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दि॒वक्ष॑सः । अ॒ग्नि॒ऽजि॒ह्वाः । ऋ॒त॒ऽवृधः॑ । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योनि॑म् । वि॒ऽमृ॒शन्तः॑ । आ॒स॒ते॒ । द्याम् । स्क॒भि॒त्वी । अ॒पः । आ । च॒क्रुः॒ । ओज॑सा । य॒ज्ञम् । ज॒नि॒त्वी । त॒न्वि॑ । नि । म॒मृजुः ॥
दिवक्षसः । अग्निजिह्वाः । ऋतवृधः । ऋतस्य । योनिम् । विमृशन्तः । आसते । द्याम् । स्कभित्वी । अपः । आ । चक्रुः । ओजसा । यज्ञम् । जनित्वी । तन्वि । नि । ममृजुः ॥
divakṣasaḥ | agni-jihvāḥ | ṛta-vṛdhaḥ | ṛtasya | yonim | vi-mṛśantaḥ | āsate | dyām | skabhitvī | apaḥ | ā | cakruḥ | ojasā | yajñam | janitvī | tanvi | ni | mamṛjuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.65.7 English analysis of grammar]

divakṣaso < divakṣasaḥ < divakṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“celestial.”

agnijihvā < agni

[noun], masculine

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

agnijihvā < jihvāḥ < jihvā

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”

ṛtāvṛdha < ṛtāvṛdhaḥ < ṛtāvṛdh

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sincere.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

yoniṃ < yonim < yoni

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”

vimṛśanta < vimṛśantaḥ < vimṛś < √mṛś

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“deliberate; consider; hesitate; wipe off; think; chew over.”

āsate < ās

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“sit; stay; sit down; dwell; lie; lie; exist.”

dyāṃ < dyām < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

skabhitvy < skabhitvī < skambh

[verb noun]

“fixate; establish.”

apa < apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

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

ā

[adverb]

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

cakrur < cakruḥ < kṛ

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“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.”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

yajñaṃ < yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

janitvī < jan

[verb noun]

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

tanvī < tanū

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

māmṛjuḥ < mṛj

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

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