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 10.172.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ या॑हि॒ वस्व्या॑ धि॒या मंहि॑ष्ठो जार॒यन्म॑खः सु॒दानु॑भिः ॥
आ याहि वस्व्या धिया मंहिष्ठो जारयन्मखः सुदानुभिः ॥
ā yāhi vasvyā dhiyā maṃhiṣṭho jārayanmakhaḥ sudānubhiḥ ||

English translation:

“Come, (Uṣas), with kindly thoughts; (it is the season) most honoured by the genitive rous, and whichbrings the sacrifice to completion.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saṃvartaḥ [saṃvarta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): uṣāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyāgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । या॒हि॒ । वस्व्या॑ । धि॒या । मंहि॑ष्ठः । जा॒र॒यत्ऽम॑खः । सु॒दानु॑ऽभिः ॥
आ । याहि । वस्व्या । धिया । मंहिष्ठः । जारयत्मखः । सुदानुभिः ॥
ā | yāhi | vasvyā | dhiyā | maṃhiṣṭhaḥ | jārayat-makhaḥ | sudānu-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.172.2 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

vasvyā < vasu

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”

dhiyā < dhī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

maṃhiṣṭho < maṃhiṣṭhaḥ < maṃhiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“big.”

jārayanmakhaḥ < jārayat < jāray < √jṛ

[verb noun]

“jāray; digest.”

jārayanmakhaḥ < makhaḥ < makha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; Makha; festival.”

sudānubhiḥ < sudānu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“big; lavish.”

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