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 10.118.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत्ति॑ष्ठसि॒ स्वा॑हुतो घृ॒तानि॒ प्रति॑ मोदसे । यत्त्वा॒ स्रुच॑: स॒मस्थि॑रन् ॥
उत्तिष्ठसि स्वाहुतो घृतानि प्रति मोदसे । यत्त्वा स्रुचः समस्थिरन् ॥
ut tiṣṭhasi svāhuto ghṛtāni prati modase | yat tvā srucaḥ samasthiran ||

English translation:

“You spring up when piously invoked, you delight in the oblations when the ladles are brought nearyou.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): urukṣaya āmahīyavaḥ [urukṣaya āmahīyava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । ति॒ष्ठ॒सि॒ । सुऽआ॑हुतः । घृ॒तानि॑ । प्रति॑ । मो॒द॒से॒ । यत् । त्वा॒ । स्रुचः॑ । स॒म्ऽअस्थि॑रन् ॥
उत् । तिष्ठसि । सुआहुतः । घृतानि । प्रति । मोदसे । यत् । त्वा । स्रुचः । सम्अस्थिरन् ॥
ut | tiṣṭhasi | su-āhutaḥ | ghṛtāni | prati | modase | yat | tvā | srucaḥ | sam-asthiran

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.118.2 English analysis of grammar]

ut < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

tiṣṭhasi < sthā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

svāhuto < su

[adverb]

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

svāhuto < āhutaḥ < āhu < √hu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sacrifice; sprinkle.”

ghṛtāni < ghṛta

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“ghee; fat.”

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

modase < mud

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“rejoice; delight; revel.”

yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

srucaḥ < sruc

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“Sruc.”

samasthiran < saṃsthā < √sthā

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“situate; stay; stand; die; get stale; inhere; dwell; end; happen.”

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