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 1.2.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वाय॒विन्द्र॑श्च चेतथः सु॒तानां॑ वाजिनीवसू । तावा या॑त॒मुप॑ द्र॒वत् ॥
वायविन्द्रश्च चेतथः सुतानां वाजिनीवसू । तावा यातमुप द्रवत् ॥
vāyav indraś ca cetathaḥ sutānāṃ vājinīvasū | tāv ā yātam upa dravat ||
English translation:
“Indra and Vāyu, abiding in the sacrificial rite, you are aware of these libations; come both (then) quickly hither.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indravāyūḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वायो॒ इति॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । च॒ । चे॒त॒थः॒ । सु॒ताना॑म् । वा॒जि॒नी॒व॒सू॒ इति॑ वाजिनीऽवसू । तौ । आ । या॒त॒म् । उप॑ । द्र॒वत् ॥
वायो इति । इन्द्रः । च । चेतथः । सुतानाम् । वाजिनीवसू इति वाजिनीवसू । तौ । आ । यातम् । उप । द्रवत् ॥
vāyo iti | indraḥ | ca | cetathaḥ | sutānām | vājinīvasūitivājinī-vasū | tau | ā | yātam | upa | dravat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.2.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Soma.”
[noun], feminine
“Vājinī; Physalis flexuosa; mare.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“liquefy; melt; melt; flee; run; run; vanish; run; rush; dissolve; dissolve.”