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 2.26.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स इज्जने॑न॒ स वि॒शा स जन्म॑ना॒ स पु॒त्रैर्वाजं॑ भरते॒ धना॒ नृभि॑: । दे॒वानां॒ यः पि॒तर॑मा॒विवा॑सति श्र॒द्धाम॑ना ह॒विषा॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑म् ॥
स इज्जनेन स विशा स जन्मना स पुत्रैर्वाजं भरते धना नृभिः । देवानां यः पितरमाविवासति श्रद्धामना हविषा ब्रह्मणस्पतिम् ॥
sa ij janena sa viśā sa janmanā sa putrair vājam bharate dhanā nṛbhiḥ | devānāṃ yaḥ pitaram āvivāsati śraddhāmanā haviṣā brahmaṇas patim ||

English translation:

“He who with a believing mind worships Brahmaṇaspati, the father of the gods, with oblations, he verily receives food, together with his sons, his kindred, his descendants, his people, and (obtains) riches together with (all) men.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । इत् । जने॑न । सः । वि॒शा । सः । जन्म॑ना । सः । पु॒त्रैः । वाज॑म् । भ॒र॒ते॒ । धना॑ । नृऽभिः॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । यः । पि॒तर॑म् । आ॒ऽविवा॑सति । श्र॒द्धाऽम॑नाः । ह॒विषा॑ । ब्रह्म॑णः । पति॑म् ॥
सः । इत् । जनेन । सः । विशा । सः । जन्मना । सः । पुत्रैः । वाजम् । भरते । धना । नृभिः । देवानाम् । यः । पितरम् । आविवासति । श्रद्धामनाः । हविषा । ब्रह्मणः । पतिम् ॥
saḥ | it | janena | saḥ | viśā | saḥ | janmanā | saḥ | putraiḥ | vājam | bharate | dhanā | nṛ-bhiḥ | devānām | yaḥ | pitaram | āvivāsati | śraddhāmanāḥ | haviṣā | brahmaṇaḥ | patim

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.26.3 English analysis of grammar]

sa < saḥ < 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.”

ij < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

janena < jana

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

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.”

viśā < viś

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

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.”

janmanā < janman

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“birth; reincarnation; lineage; origin; race; metempsychosis; parentage; descent; appearance; age; birthplace; beginning; being.”

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.”

putrair < putraiḥ < putra

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”

vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

bharate < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

dhanā < dhana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”

nṛbhiḥ < nṛ

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

devānāṃ < devānām < deva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

pitaram < pitṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

āvivāsati < āvivās < √van

[verb], singular, Present indikative

śraddhāmanā < śraddhā

[noun], feminine

“faith; wish; śraddhā [word]; śraddhā; confidence; appetite.”

śraddhāmanā < manāḥ < manas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

haviṣā < havis

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”

brahmaṇaspatim < brahmaṇaspati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Brahmaṇaspati.”

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