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 2.25.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्धा॑नो अ॒ग्निं व॑नवद्वनुष्य॒तः कृ॒तब्र॑ह्मा शूशुवद्रा॒तह॑व्य॒ इत् । जा॒तेन॑ जा॒तमति॒ स प्र स॑र्सृते॒ यंयं॒ युजं॑ कृणु॒ते ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑: ॥
इन्धानो अग्निं वनवद्वनुष्यतः कृतब्रह्मा शूशुवद्रातहव्य इत् । जातेन जातमति स प्र सर्सृते यंयं युजं कृणुते ब्रह्मणस्पतिः ॥
indhāno agniṃ vanavad vanuṣyataḥ kṛtabrahmā śūśuvad rātahavya it | jātena jātam ati sa pra sarsṛte yaṃ-yaṃ yujaṃ kṛṇute brahmaṇas patiḥ ||
English translation:
“Kindling the fire, may (the worshipper) overcome the malevolent (disturbers of the rite); may he, repeating prayers, and laden with oblations, prosper; he whom Brahmaṇaspati makes his associates, lives to behold the son of his son.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): brahmaṇaspatiḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्धा॑नः । अ॒ग्निम् । व॒न॒व॒त् । व॒नु॒ष्य॒तः । कृ॒तऽब्र॑ह्मा । शू॒शु॒व॒त् । रा॒तऽह॑व्यः । इत् । जा॒तेन॑ । जा॒तम् । अति॑ । सः । प्र । स॒र्सृ॒ते॒ । यम्ऽय॑म् । युज॑म् । कृ॒णु॒ते । ब्रह्म॑णः । पतिः॑ ॥
इन्धानः । अग्निम् । वनवत् । वनुष्यतः । कृतब्रह्मा । शूशुवत् । रातहव्यः । इत् । जातेन । जातम् । अति । सः । प्र । सर्सृते । यम्यम् । युजम् । कृणुते । ब्रह्मणः । पतिः ॥
indhānaḥ | agnim | vanavat | vanuṣyataḥ | kṛta-brahmā | śūśuvat | rāta-havyaḥ | it | jātena | jātam | ati | saḥ | pra | sarsṛte | yam-yam | yujam | kṛṇute | brahmaṇaḥ | patiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.25.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
[verb noun]
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“swell; grow.”
[verb noun]
“give; impart.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb noun], instrumental, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahmaṇaspati.”