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 10.57.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो य॒ज्ञस्य॑ प्र॒साध॑न॒स्तन्तु॑र्दे॒वेष्वात॑तः । तमाहु॑तं नशीमहि ॥
यो यज्ञस्य प्रसाधनस्तन्तुर्देवेष्वाततः । तमाहुतं नशीमहि ॥
yo yajñasya prasādhanas tantur deveṣv ātataḥ | tam āhutaṃ naśīmahi ||
English translation:
“May we obtain (the favour of) him to whom burnt offerings are presented, (Agni), who is the thread, theperfecter of sacrifice, drawn out (by the priests) to the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bandhuḥ subandhuḥ śrutabandhurviprabandhuśca gaupayānā laupayānā vā;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । प्र॒ऽसाध॑नः । तन्तुः॑ । दे॒वेषु॑ । आऽत॑तः । तम् । आऽहु॑तम् । न॒शी॒म॒हि॒ ॥
यः । यज्ञस्य । प्रसाधनः । तन्तुः । देवेषु । आततः । तम् । आहुतम् । नशीमहि ॥
yaḥ | yajñasya | pra-sādhanaḥ | tantuḥ | deveṣu | ātataḥ | tam | āhutam | naśīmahi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.57.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“accomplishing; curative.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“thread; fiber; lineage; cobweb; fibril; stalk.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“expand; prolong; chant; inflate.”
[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.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“sacrifice; sprinkle.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“reach; achieve; enter (a state); reach.”