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 10.70.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तिस्रो॑ देवीर्ब॒र्हिरि॒दं वरी॑य॒ आ सी॑दत चकृ॒मा व॑: स्यो॒नम् । म॒नु॒ष्वद्य॒ज्ञं सुधि॑ता ह॒वींषीळा॑ दे॒वी घृ॒तप॑दी जुषन्त ॥
तिस्रो देवीर्बर्हिरिदं वरीय आ सीदत चकृमा वः स्योनम् । मनुष्वद्यज्ञं सुधिता हवींषीळा देवी घृतपदी जुषन्त ॥
tisro devīr barhir idaṃ varīya ā sīdata cakṛmā vaḥ syonam | manuṣvad yajñaṃ sudhitā havīṃṣīḻā devī ghṛtapadī juṣanta ||
English translation:
“Sit down, you three goddesses, upon this broad barhis, we have spread it out for you; Iḷā, radiant(Sarasvatī) and bright-footed (bhāratī) accept our sacrifice and well-presented oblations as if they wereManu's.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sumitro vādhryaścaḥ [sumitra vādhryaśca];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तिस्रः॑ । दे॒वीः॒ । ब॒र्हिः । इ॒दम् । वरी॑यः । आ । सी॒द॒त॒ । च॒कृ॒म । वः॒ । स्यो॒नम् । म॒नु॒ष्वत् । य॒ज्ञम् । सुऽधि॑ता । ह॒वींषि॑ । इळा॑ । दे॒वी । घृ॒तऽप॑दी । जु॒ष॒न्त॒ ॥
तिस्रः । देवीः । बर्हिः । इदम् । वरीयः । आ । सीदत । चकृम । वः । स्योनम् । मनुष्वत् । यज्ञम् । सुधिता । हवींषि । इळा । देवी । घृतपदी । जुषन्त ॥
tisraḥ | devīḥ | barhiḥ | idam | varīyaḥ | ā | sīdata | cakṛma | vaḥ | syonam | manuṣvat | yajñam | su-dhitā | havīṃṣi | iḷā | devī | ghṛta-padī | juṣanta
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.70.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, plural, feminine
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], vocative, plural, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“broad; further.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“benevolent; agreeable; pleasant; agreeable.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“sudhita [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“refreshment; iḍā [word]; comfort; cow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”