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 10.118.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तं त्वा॑ गी॒र्भिरु॑रु॒क्षया॑ हव्य॒वाहं॒ समी॑धिरे । यजि॑ष्ठं॒ मानु॑षे॒ जने॑ ॥
तं त्वा गीर्भिरुरुक्षया हव्यवाहं समीधिरे । यजिष्ठं मानुषे जने ॥
taṃ tvā gīrbhir urukṣayā havyavāhaṃ sam īdhire | yajiṣṭham mānuṣe jane ||

English translation:

“The masters of many mansions have, by their praises, kindled you, Agni, the bearer of oblations, whoare most adorable among human beings.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । त्वा॒ । गीः॒ऽभिः । उ॒रु॒ऽक्षयाः॑ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् । सम् । ई॒धि॒रे॒ । यजि॑ष्ठम् । मानु॑षे । जने॑ ॥
तम् । त्वा । गीःभिः । उरुक्षयाः । हव्यवाहम् । सम् । ईधिरे । यजिष्ठम् । मानुषे । जने ॥
tam | tvā | gīḥ-bhiḥ | uru-kṣayāḥ | havya-vāham | sam | īdhire | yajiṣṭham | mānuṣe | jane

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.118.9 English analysis of grammar]

taṃ < tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

gīrbhir < gīrbhiḥ < gir

[noun], instrumental, plural

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

urukṣayā < urukṣayāḥ < urukṣaya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

havyavāhaṃ < havyavāham < havyavāha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire; sacrificial fire.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

īdhire < indh

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”

yajiṣṭham < yajiṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

mānuṣe < mānuṣa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“human.”

jane < jana

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

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