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 10.110.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दैव्या॒ होता॑रा प्रथ॒मा सु॒वाचा॒ मिमा॑ना य॒ज्ञं मनु॑षो॒ यज॑ध्यै । प्र॒चो॒दय॑न्ता वि॒दथे॑षु का॒रू प्रा॒चीनं॒ ज्योति॑: प्र॒दिशा॑ दि॒शन्ता॑ ॥
दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा सुवाचा मिमाना यज्ञं मनुषो यजध्यै । प्रचोदयन्ता विदथेषु कारू प्राचीनं ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता ॥
daivyā hotārā prathamā suvācā mimānā yajñam manuṣo yajadhyai | pracodayantā vidatheṣu kārū prācīnaṃ jyotiḥ pradiśā diśantā ||

English translation:

“Divine ministers, prior (to those of earth), repeaters of pious praise, instrumental tuting the sacrifice at whichmen are to worship, (sit down) stimulating (the priests) at the sacrifices, makers (of praises), indicating theeastern fire with the prescribed (text).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Eastern fire: Āhavanīya. The two divine ministers, of Hotā are Agni andĀditya

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): jamdagnī rāmo vā [jamdagnī rāma vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दैव्या॑ । होता॑रा । प्र॒थ॒मा । सु॒ऽवाचा॑ । मिमा॑ना । य॒ज्ञम् । मनु॑षः । यज॑ध्यै । प्र॒ऽचो॒दय॑न्ता । वि॒दथे॑षु । का॒रू इति॑ । प्रा॒चीन॑म् । ज्योतिः॑ । प्र॒ऽदिशा॑ । दि॒शन्ता॑ ॥
दैव्या । होतारा । प्रथमा । सुवाचा । मिमाना । यज्ञम् । मनुषः । यजध्यै । प्रचोदयन्ता । विदथेषु । कारू इति । प्राचीनम् । ज्योतिः । प्रदिशा । दिशन्ता ॥
daivyā | hotārā | prathamā | su-vācā | mimānā | yajñam | manuṣaḥ | yajadhyai | pra-codayantā | vidatheṣu | kārū iti | prācīnam | jyotiḥ | pra-diśā | diśantā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.110.7 English analysis of grammar]

daivyā < daivya

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“divine; divine; celestial.”

hotārā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

prathamā < prathama

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

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

suvācā < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suvācā < vācā < vāc

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

mimānā <

[verb noun], nominative, dual

“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”

yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

manuṣo < manuṣaḥ < manus

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Manu; man.”

yajadhyai < yaj

[verb noun]

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

pracodayantā < pracoday < √cud

[verb noun], nominative, dual

“push; drive; command; excite; proclaim; demand; request; request.”

vidatheṣu < vidatha

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“meeting; wisdom; council.”

kārū < kāru

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“poet; singer.”

prācīnaṃ < prācīnam < prācīna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“eastern; frontal.”

jyotiḥ < jyotis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

pradiśā < pradiś

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“quarter; direction; command; region; indication.”

diśantā < diś

[verb noun], nominative, dual

“describe; give; give; teach.”

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