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 1.26.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॑ ब॒र्ही रि॒शाद॑सो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा । सीद॑न्तु॒ मनु॑षो यथा ॥
आ नो बर्ही रिशादसो वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । सीदन्तु मनुषो यथा ॥
ā no barhī riśādaso varuṇo mitro aryamā | sīdantu manuṣo yathā ||

English translation:

“Let Varuṇa, Mitra and Āryaman, sit down upon our sacred grass, as they did at the sacrifice of Manu.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Āryaman is an Āditya presiding over twilight;

Manuṣaḥ = Manu, the Prajāpati

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । नः॒ । ब॒र्हिः । रि॒शाद॑सः । वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । सीद॑न्तु । मनु॑षः । य॒था॒ ॥
आ । नः । बर्हिः । रिशादसः । वरुणः । मित्रः । अर्यमा । सीदन्तु । मनुषः । यथा ॥
ā | naḥ | barhiḥ | riśādasaḥ | varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | aryamā | sīdantu | manuṣaḥ | yathā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.26.4 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

barhī < barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

riśādaso < riśādasaḥ < riśādas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“superior; superior; proud.”

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

aryamā < aryaman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”

sīdantu < sad

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

manuṣo < manuṣaḥ < manus

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Manu; man.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

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