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 1.75.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जु॒षस्व॑ स॒प्रथ॑स्तमं॒ वचो॑ दे॒वप्स॑रस्तमम् । ह॒व्या जुह्वा॑न आ॒सनि॑ ॥
जुषस्व सप्रथस्तमं वचो देवप्सरस्तमम् । हव्या जुह्वान आसनि ॥
juṣasva saprathastamaṃ vaco devapsarastamam | havyā juhvāna āsani ||

English translation:

“Accept our most exhaustive prayers, propitiatory of the gods, accepting our oblations in your mouth.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जु॒षस्व॑ । स॒प्रथः॑ऽतमम् । वचः॑ । दे॒वप्स॑रःऽतमम् । ह॒व्या । जुह्वा॑नः । आ॒सनि॑ ॥
जुषस्व । सप्रथःतमम् । वचः । देवप्सरःतमम् । हव्या । जुह्वानः । आसनि ॥
juṣasva | saprathaḥ-tamam | vacaḥ | devapsaraḥ-tamam | havyā | juhvānaḥ | āsani

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.75.1 English analysis of grammar]

juṣasva < juṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

saprathastamaṃ < saprathastamam < saprathastama

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

vaco < vacaḥ < vacas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”

devapsarastamam < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devapsarastamam < psarastamam < psarastama

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

havyā < havya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

juhvāna < juhvānaḥ < hu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”

āsani < āsan

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“mouth.”

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