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 2.26.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यज॑स्व वीर॒ प्र वि॑हि मनाय॒तो भ॒द्रं मन॑: कृणुष्व वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ । ह॒विष्कृ॑णुष्व सु॒भगो॒ यथास॑सि॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पते॒रव॒ आ वृ॑णीमहे ॥
यजस्व वीर प्र विहि मनायतो भद्रं मनः कृणुष्व वृत्रतूर्ये । हविष्कृणुष्व सुभगो यथाससि ब्रह्मणस्पतेरव आ वृणीमहे ॥
yajasva vīra pra vihi manāyato bhadram manaḥ kṛṇuṣva vṛtratūrye | haviṣ kṛṇuṣva subhago yathāsasi brahmaṇas pater ava ā vṛṇīmahe ||
English translation:
“Offer worship, O man, (to Brahmaṇaspati); proceed resolutely against those who are meditating (hostility); keep your mind firm in contending against foes; offer oblations whereby you may be prosperous; we also solicit the protection of Brahmaṇaspati.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): brahmaṇaspatiḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यज॑स्व । वी॒र॒ । प्र । वि॒हि॒ । म॒ना॒य॒तः । भ॒द्रम् । मनः॑ । कृ॒णु॒ष्व॒ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽतूर्ये॑ । ह॒विः । कृ॒णु॒ष्व॒ । सु॒ऽभगः॑ । यथा॑ । अस॑सि । ब्रह्म॑णः । पतेः॑ । अवः॑ । आ । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ ॥
यजस्व । वीर । प्र । विहि । मनायतः । भद्रम् । मनः । कृणुष्व । वृत्रतूर्ये । हविः । कृणुष्व । सुभगः । यथा । अससि । ब्रह्मणः । पतेः । अवः । आ । वृणीमहे ॥
yajasva | vīra | pra | vihi | manāyataḥ | bhadram | manaḥ | kṛṇuṣva | vṛtra-tūrye | haviḥ | kṛṇuṣva | su-bhagaḥ | yathā | asasi | brahmaṇaḥ | pateḥ | avaḥ | ā | vṛṇīmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.26.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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], locative, singular, neuter
“battle.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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
“beautiful; auspicious; beloved; fine-looking; fortunate; subhaga [word]; charming; pleasing; lucky.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Brahmaṇaspati.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[?]
“_”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“choose; ask.”