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 1.122.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ वो॑ रुव॒ण्युमौ॑शि॒जो हु॒वध्यै॒ घोषे॑व॒ शंस॒मर्जु॑नस्य॒ नंशे॑ । प्र व॑: पू॒ष्णे दा॒वन॒ आँ अच्छा॑ वोचेय व॒सुता॑तिम॒ग्नेः ॥
आ वो रुवण्युमौशिजो हुवध्यै घोषेव शंसमर्जुनस्य नंशे । प्र वः पूष्णे दावन आँ अच्छा वोचेय वसुतातिमग्नेः ॥
ā vo ruvaṇyum auśijo huvadhyai ghoṣeva śaṃsam arjunasya naṃśe | pra vaḥ pūṣṇe dāvana ām̐ acchā voceya vasutātim agneḥ ||

English translation:

“I, the son of Uśij, address to you (Aśvins) audible praises, in like manner as Ghoṣā praised you for the removal of her white-tinted (skin); I glorify (gods) the bountiful Pūṣan (associated) with you, and I proclaim the munificence of Agni.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । वः॒ । रु॒व॒ण्युम् । औ॒शि॒जः । हु॒वध्यै॑ । घोषा॑ऽइव । शंस॑म् । अर्जु॑नस्य । नंशे॑ । प्र । वः॒ । पू॒ष्णे । दा॒वने॑ । आ । अच्छ॑ । वो॒चे॒य॒ । व॒सुऽता॑तिम् । अ॒ग्नेः ॥
आ । वः । रुवण्युम् । औशिजः । हुवध्यै । घोषाइव । शंसम् । अर्जुनस्य । नंशे । प्र । वः । पूष्णे । दावने । आ । अच्छ । वोचेय । वसुतातिम् । अग्नेः ॥
ā | vaḥ | ruvaṇyum | auśijaḥ | huvadhyai | ghoṣāiva | śaṃsam | arjunasya | naṃśe | pra | vaḥ | pūṣṇe | dāvane | ā | accha | voceya | vasu-tātim | agneḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.122.5 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], accusative, plural

“you.”

ruvaṇyum < ruvaṇyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

auśijo < auśijaḥ < auśija

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Kakṣīvant.”

huvadhyai < hvā

[verb noun]

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

ghoṣeva < ghoṣa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

ghoṣeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

śaṃsam < śaṃsa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”

arjunasya < arjuna

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Arjuna; Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight et Arn.; Arjuna; arjuna [word].”

naṃśe < naṃśa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

pūṣṇe < pūṣan

[noun], dative, singular

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

dāvana < dāvane <

[verb noun]

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

āṃ < ām < āṃ

[adverb]

acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

voceya < vac

[verb], singular, Aorist optative

“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”

vasutātim < vasutāti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

agneḥ < agni

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

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