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 10.2.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यद्वो॑ व॒यं प्र॑मि॒नाम॑ व्र॒तानि॑ वि॒दुषां॑ देवा॒ अवि॑दुष्टरासः । अ॒ग्निष्टद्विश्व॒मा पृ॑णाति वि॒द्वान्येभि॑र्दे॒वाँ ऋ॒तुभि॑: क॒ल्पया॑ति ॥
यद्वो वयं प्रमिनाम व्रतानि विदुषां देवा अविदुष्टरासः । अग्निष्टद्विश्वमा पृणाति विद्वान्येभिर्देवाँ ऋतुभिः कल्पयाति ॥
yad vo vayam pramināma vratāni viduṣāṃ devā aviduṣṭarāsaḥ | agniṣ ṭad viśvam ā pṛṇāti vidvān yebhir devām̐ ṛtubhiḥ kalpayāti ||

English translation:

“O gods, when we who are most ignorant neglect the offices addressed to you who are wise, may thewise Agni complete the whole by (appointing) those seasons by which he regulates the worship of the godṣ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

May the wise Agni: may Agni complete the whole, knowing at what seasons he should appoint the gods (to beworshipped); lit. = with what seasons he shoudl fix the gods

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत् । वः॒ । व॒यम् । प्र॒ऽमि॒नाम॑ । व्र॒तानि॑ । वि॒दुषा॑म् । दे॒वाः॒ । अवि॑दुःऽतरासः । अ॒ग्निः । तत् । विश्व॑म् । आ । पृ॒णा॒ति॒ । वि॒द्वान् । येभिः॑ । दे॒वान् । ऋ॒तुऽभिः॑ । क॒ल्पया॑ति ॥
तत् । वः । वयम् । प्रमिनाम । व्रतानि । विदुषाम् । देवाः । अविदुःतरासः । अग्निः । तत् । विश्वम् । आ । पृणाति । विद्वान् । येभिः । देवान् । ऋतुभिः । कल्पयाति ॥
tat | vaḥ | vayam | pra-mināma | vratāni | viduṣām | devāḥ | aviduḥ-tarāsaḥ | agniḥ | tat | viśvam | ā | pṛṇāti | vidvān | yebhiḥ | devān | ṛtu-bhiḥ | kalpayāti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.2.4 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat

[adverb]

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

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

mināma <

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“transgress; damage.”

vratāni < vrata

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

viduṣāṃ < viduṣām < vidvas

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“erudite; expert; wise; conversant(p); enlightened.”

devā < devau < deva

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

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

aviduṣṭarāsaḥ < aviduṣṭara

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

agniṣ < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

ṭad < ṭat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

ā

[adverb]

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

pṛṇāti < pṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”

vidvān < vidvas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“erudite; expert; wise; conversant(p); enlightened.”

yebhir < yebhiḥ < yad

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

devāṃ < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

ṛtubhiḥ < ṛtu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”

kalpayāti < kalpay < √kᄆp

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“prepare; assign; create; produce; fix; restore; order; prepare; imitate; restore; make; treat.”

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