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 2.7.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं नो॑ असि भार॒ताग्ने॑ व॒शाभि॑रु॒क्षभि॑: । अ॒ष्टाप॑दीभि॒राहु॑तः ॥
त्वं नो असि भारताग्ने वशाभिरुक्षभिः । अष्टापदीभिराहुतः ॥
tvaṃ no asi bhāratāgne vaśābhir ukṣabhiḥ | aṣṭāpadībhir āhutaḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni, descendantof Bharatā, you are entirely ours, when sacrificed to with pregnant kine, with barren cows, or bulls.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
When sacrificed to with: vaśābhir ukṣabhiḥ aṣṭāpadībhirāhutaḥ, offered or sacrificed to with barren cows, vaśā; will bulls, ukṣa, and with eight-footed animals, i.e. a cow with calf; it is remarkable that these animals should be sprung of a burnt-offering
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): somāhutirbhārgavaḥ [somāhutirbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpipīlikāmadhyāgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । नः॒ । अ॒सि॒ । भा॒र॒त॒ । अग्ने॑ । व॒शाभिः॑ । उ॒क्षऽभिः॑ । अ॒ष्टाऽप॑दीभिः । आऽहु॑तः ॥
त्वम् । नः । असि । भारत । अग्ने । वशाभिः । उक्षभिः । अष्टापदीभिः । आहुतः ॥
tvam | naḥ | asi | bhārata | agne | vaśābhiḥ | ukṣa-bhiḥ | aṣṭāpadībhiḥ | āhutaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.7.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Bhārata; bhārata [word]; fire.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“cow; female elephant.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“bull; ukṣan [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sacrifice; sprinkle.”