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 1.27.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जरा॑बोध॒ तद्वि॑विड्ढि वि॒शेवि॑शे य॒ज्ञिया॑य । स्तोमं॑ रु॒द्राय॒ दृशी॑कम् ॥
जराबोध तद्विविड्ढि विशेविशे यज्ञियाय । स्तोमं रुद्राय दृशीकम् ॥
jarābodha tad viviḍḍhi viśe-viśe yajñiyāya | stomaṃ rudrāya dṛśīkam ||

English translation:

“Jarābodha, enter into the oblation for the completion of the sacrifice that benefits all mankind; the worshipper offers agreeable laudation to the terrible (Agni).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Jarābodha = he who is awakened (bodha) by praise (jarā); rudra is equated with the fierce or cruel Agni: krurāya Agnaye

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जरा॑ऽबोध । तत् । वि॒वि॒ड्ढि॒ । वि॒शेऽवि॑शे । य॒ज्ञिया॑य । स्तोम॑म् । रु॒द्राय॑ । दृशी॑कम् ॥
जराबोध । तत् । विविड्ढि । विशेविशे । यज्ञियाय । स्तोमम् । रुद्राय । दृशीकम् ॥
jarābodha | tat | viviḍḍhi | viśe--viśe | yajñiyāya | stomam | rudrāya | dṛśīkam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.27.10 English analysis of grammar]

jarābodha < jarā

[noun], feminine

jarābodha < bodha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

viviḍḍhi < viṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“labor; act; perform.”

viśe < viś

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

viśe < viś

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

yajñiyāya < yajñiya

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

stomaṃ < stomam < stoma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

rudrāya < rudra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”

dṛśīkam < dṛśīka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“beautiful.”

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