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 1.27.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ नो॑ भज पर॒मेष्वा वाजे॑षु मध्य॒मेषु॑ । शिक्षा॒ वस्वो॒ अन्त॑मस्य ॥
आ नो भज परमेष्वा वाजेषु मध्यमेषु । शिक्षा वस्वो अन्तमस्य ॥
ā no bhaja parameṣv ā vājeṣu madhyameṣu | śikṣā vasvo antamasya ||
English translation:
“Procure for us the food that is in heaven and mid-air, and grant us the wealth that is on earth.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The text uses the expressions: in the supreme, in the middle and of the end
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 । नः॑ । भ॒ज॒ । प॒र॒मेषु॑ । आ । वाजे॑षु । म॒ध्य॒मेषु॑ । शिक्षा॑ । वस्वः॑ । अन्त॑मस्य ॥
आ । नः । भज । परमेषु । आ । वाजेषु । मध्यमेषु । शिक्षा । वस्वः । अन्तमस्य ॥
ā | naḥ | bhaja | parameṣu | ā | vājeṣu | madhyameṣu | śikṣā | vasvaḥ | antamasya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.27.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“extreme; best; excellent; highest; highest; devoted(p); maximal; distant; parama [word]; very; farthermost.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“intermediate; middle; average; second; average; adult; central; moderate; mean; center(a).”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“help; give.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“intimate; bosom(a).”