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 1.120.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र या घोषे॒ भृग॑वाणे॒ न शोभे॒ यया॑ वा॒चा यज॑ति पज्रि॒यो वा॑म् । प्रैष॒युर्न वि॒द्वान् ॥
प्र या घोषे भृगवाणे न शोभे यया वाचा यजति पज्रियो वाम् । प्रैषयुर्न विद्वान् ॥
pra yā ghoṣe bhṛgavāṇe na śobhe yayā vācā yajati pajriyo vām | praiṣayur na vidvān ||

English translation:

“Powerful is the hymn that was repeated by the son of Ghoṣā, and by Bhṛgu, and with which hymn the Aṅgirasas adore you; may the sage (kakṣīvat), desirous (of food), obtain it abundantly.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Ghoṣā =Suhasti

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): uśikputraḥ kakṣīvān [uśikputra kakṣīvān];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): ārṣyuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । या । घोषे॑ । भृग॑वाणे । न । शोभे॑ । यया॑ । वा॒चा । यज॑ति । प॒ज्रि॒यः । वा॒म् । प्र । इ॒ष॒ऽयुः । न । वि॒द्वान् ॥
प्र । या । घोषे । भृगवाणे । न । शोभे । यया । वाचा । यजति । पज्रियः । वाम् । प्र । इषयुः । न । विद्वान् ॥
pra | yā | ghoṣe | bhṛgavāṇe | na | śobhe | yayā | vācā | yajati | pajriyaḥ | vām | pra | iṣa-yuḥ | na | vidvān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.120.5 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ghoṣe < ghoṣa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sound; noise; cry; voice; ghoṣa [word]; station; Ghoṣa; post; twang.”

bhṛgavāṇe < bhṛgavāṇa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

śobhe < śubh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“look; shine; beautify.”

yayā < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vācā < vāc

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

yajati < yaj

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

pajriyo < pajriyaḥ < pajriya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Kakṣīvant.”

vām < tvad

[noun], dative, dual

“you.”

praiṣayur < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vidvān < vid

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

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