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 10.66.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दैव्या॒ होता॑रा प्रथ॒मा पु॒रोहि॑त ऋ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॒मन्वे॑मि साधु॒या । क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पतिं॒ प्रति॑वेशमीमहे॒ विश्वा॑न्दे॒वाँ अ॒मृताँ॒ अप्र॑युच्छतः ॥
दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा पुरोहित ऋतस्य पन्थामन्वेमि साधुया । क्षेत्रस्य पतिं प्रतिवेशमीमहे विश्वान्देवाँ अमृताँ अप्रयुच्छतः ॥
daivyā hotārā prathamā purohita ṛtasya panthām anv emi sādhuyā | kṣetrasya patim prativeśam īmahe viśvān devām̐ amṛtām̐ aprayucchataḥ ||

English translation:

“I follow the two chief priests the divine offerers of burnt sacrifices, (I follow) successfully the path ofsacrifice; we solicit (wealth of) the contiguous lord of the field, and the immortal and not unheeding universaldeities.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The two chief priests: i.e., Agni and Āditya]. well-being; having come to us, gods, at our desire, bestow wealth upon us like affectionate relations.

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दैव्याः॑ । होता॑रा । प्र॒थ॒मा । पु॒रःऽहि॑ता । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । पन्था॑म् । अनु॑ । ए॒मि॒ । सा॒धु॒ऽया । क्षेत्र॑स्य । पति॑म् । प्रति॑ऽवेशम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ । विश्वा॑न् । दे॒वान् । अ॒मृता॑न् । अप्र॑ऽयुच्छतः ॥
दैव्याः । होतारा । प्रथमा । पुरःहिता । ऋतस्य । पन्थाम् । अनु । एमि । साधुया । क्षेत्रस्य । पतिम् । प्रतिवेशम् । ईमहे । विश्वान् । देवान् । अमृतान् । अप्रयुच्छतः ॥
daivyāḥ | hotārā | prathamā | puraḥ-hitā | ṛtasya | panthām | anu | emi | sādhu-yā | kṣetrasya | patim | prati-veśam | īmahe | viśvān | devān | amṛtān | apra-yucchataḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.66.13 English analysis of grammar]

daivyā < daivya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“divine; divine; celestial.”

hotārā < hotṛ

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

prathamā < prathama

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

purohita < purohitaḥ < purohita

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Purohita; purohita [word].”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

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

panthām < pathin

[noun], accusative, singular

“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”

anv < anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

emi < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

sādhuyā

[adverb]

kṣetrasya < kṣetra

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“field; location; habitat; country; area; earth; region; estate; body; kṣetra [word]; kṣetradoṣa; seat; reincarnation; uterus.”

patim < pati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

prativeśam < prativeśa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

īmahe < i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

viśvān < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

devāṃ < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

amṛtāṃ < amṛta

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”

aprayucchataḥ < aprayucchat

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“ceaseless; attentive.”

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