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 2.18.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सास्मा॒ अरं॑ प्रथ॒मं स द्वि॒तीय॑मु॒तो तृ॒तीयं॒ मनु॑ष॒: स होता॑ । अ॒न्यस्या॒ गर्भ॑म॒न्य ऊ॑ जनन्त॒ सो अ॒न्येभि॑: सचते॒ जेन्यो॒ वृषा॑ ॥
सास्मा अरं प्रथमं स द्वितीयमुतो तृतीयं मनुषः स होता । अन्यस्या गर्भमन्य ऊ जनन्त सो अन्येभिः सचते जेन्यो वृषा ॥
sāsmā aram prathamaṃ sa dvitīyam uto tṛtīyam manuṣaḥ sa hotā | anyasyā garbham anya ū jananta so anyebhiḥ sacate jenyo vṛṣā ||
English translation:
“That (sacrifice) is sufficient for him, (Indra), whether (offered) for the first, the second, or the third time; it is the bearer (of good) to man; other (priests) engender the embryo of a different (rite), but this victorious (sacrifice), the showerer (of benefits) combines with other (ceremonies).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
For the first: alluding to the three daily sacrifices; with other (ceremonies): anyasyāy, anye, anyebhiḥ, of another, others, with others; the substantives are supplied; anyo vṛṣā: indrādibhiḥ devair saṅgacchate, Indra andother deities
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । अ॒स्मै॒ । अर॑म् । प्र॒थ॒मम् । सः । द्वि॒तीय॑म् । उ॒तो इति॑ । तृ॒तीय॑म् । मनु॑षः । सः । होता॑ । अ॒न्यस्याः॑ । गर्भ॑म् । अ॒न्ये । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । ज॒न॒न्त॒ । सः । अ॒न्येभिः॑ । स॒च॒ते॒ । जेन्यः॑ । वृषा॑ ॥
सः । अस्मै । अरम् । प्रथमम् । सः । द्वितीयम् । उतो इति । तृतीयम् । मनुषः । सः । होता । अन्यस्याः । गर्भम् । अन्ये । ऊँ इति । जनन्त । सः । अन्येभिः । सचते । जेन्यः । वृषा ॥
saḥ | asmai | aram | prathamam | saḥ | dvitīyam | uto iti | tṛtīyam | manuṣaḥ | saḥ | hotā | anyasyāḥ | garbham | anye | oṃ iti | jananta | saḥ | anyebhiḥ | sacate | jenyaḥ | vṛṣā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.18.2 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“second; another(a); second; other; accompanied; dvitīya [word]; amalgamated.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“third; neuter; tṛtīya [word]; homosexual.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Manu; man.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[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.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“noble.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”