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 1.142.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्तृ॒णा॒नासो॑ य॒तस्रु॑चो ब॒र्हिर्य॒ज्ञे स्व॑ध्व॒रे । वृ॒ञ्जे दे॒वव्य॑चस्तम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ शर्म॑ स॒प्रथ॑: ॥
स्तृणानासो यतस्रुचो बर्हिर्यज्ञे स्वध्वरे । वृञ्जे देवव्यचस्तममिन्द्राय शर्म सप्रथः ॥
stṛṇānāso yatasruco barhir yajñe svadhvare | vṛñje devavyacastamam indrāya śarma saprathaḥ ||
English translation:
“The priests, bearing ladles, are strewing the sacred grass in this holy sacrifice, to prepare a god-frequented and well-spread abode for Indra.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): barhiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्तृ॒णा॒नासः॑ । य॒तऽस्रु॑चः । ब॒र्हिः । य॒ज्ञे । सु॒ऽअ॒ध्व॒रे । वृ॒ञ्जे । दे॒वव्य॑चःऽतमम् । इन्द्रा॑य । शर्म॑ । स॒ऽप्रथः॑ ॥
स्तृणानासः । यतस्रुचः । बर्हिः । यज्ञे । सुअध्वरे । वृञ्जे । देवव्यचःतमम् । इन्द्राय । शर्म । सप्रथः ॥
stṛṇānāsaḥ | yata-srucaḥ | barhiḥ | yajñe | su-adhvare | vṛñje | devavyacaḥ-tamam | indrāya | śarma | sa-prathaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.142.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“spread; kill; lay; cover.”
[verb noun]
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Sruc.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“extensive; wide; extended.”