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 2.2.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स होता॒ विश्वं॒ परि॑ भूत्वध्व॒रं तमु॑ ह॒व्यैर्मनु॑ष ऋञ्जते गि॒रा । हि॒रि॒शि॒प्रो वृ॑धसा॒नासु॒ जर्भु॑र॒द्द्यौर्न स्तृभि॑श्चितय॒द्रोद॑सी॒ अनु॑ ॥
स होता विश्वं परि भूत्वध्वरं तमु हव्यैर्मनुष ऋञ्जते गिरा । हिरिशिप्रो वृधसानासु जर्भुरद्द्यौर्न स्तृभिश्चितयद्रोदसी अनु ॥
sa hotā viśvam pari bhūtv adhvaraṃ tam u havyair manuṣa ṛñjate girā | hiriśipro vṛdhasānāsu jarbhurad dyaur na stṛbhiś citayad rodasī anu ||

English translation:

“May he, the presenter of oblations (to the gods), be around all sacrifices; men propitiate him with oblations and with praises, when blazing with radiant tresses among the growing plural nts, and enlivening heaven and earth (with his sparks), like the sky with stars.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Blazing with radiant tresses: hiriśipro vṛdha sānāsu jarbhurat: śipra = chin, or jaw; or, explained as the nose; haraṇaśīlahanuḥ, having a jaw accusative tomed to seize or consume; using another text: śipra śīrṣasu vitatā hiraṇyayīḥ (RV. 5.54.11), golden locks spread on the head; śipra in this hymn is interpreted as uśniṣa, a curl or turban;

Vṛdhasānāsu = pravardhamānāsv oṣadhiṣu, among growingplants

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । होता॑ । विश्व॒म् । परि॑ । भू॒तु॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । ह॒व्यैः । मनु॑षः । ऋ॒ञ्ज॒ते॒ । गि॒रा । हि॒रि॒ऽशि॒प्रः । वृ॒ध॒सा॒नासु॑ । जर्भु॑रत् । द्यौः । न । स्तृऽभिः॑ । चि॒त॒य॒त् । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । अनु॑ ॥
सः । होता । विश्वम् । परि । भूतु । अध्वरम् । तम् । ऊँ इति । हव्यैः । मनुषः । ऋञ्जते । गिरा । हिरिशिप्रः । वृधसानासु । जर्भुरत् । द्यौः । न । स्तृभिः । चितयत् । रोदसी इति । अनु ॥
saḥ | hotā | viśvam | pari | bhūtu | adhvaram | tam | oṃ iti | havyaiḥ | manuṣaḥ | ṛñjate | girā | hiri-śipraḥ | vṛdhasānāsu | jarbhurat | dyauḥ | na | stṛ-bhiḥ | citayat | rodasī iti | anu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.2.5 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

hotā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

bhūtv < bhūtu < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

adhvaraṃ < adhvaram < adhvara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

havyair < havyaiḥ < havya

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

manuṣa < manuṣaḥ < manus

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Manu; man.”

ṛñjate < ṛj

[verb], singular, Present indikative

girā < gir

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

hiriśipro < hiriśipraḥ < hiriśipra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vṛdhasānāsu < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

jarbhurad < jarbhurat < jarbhur < √bhur

[verb noun], nominative, singular

dyaur < dyauḥ < div

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

stṛbhiś < stṛbhiḥ < star

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“star.”

citayad < citayat < citay < √cit

[verb noun], nominative, singular

rodasī < rodas

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“heaven and earth; Earth.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

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