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 2.26.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो अ॑स्मै ह॒व्यैर्घृ॒तव॑द्भि॒रवि॑ध॒त्प्र तं प्रा॒चा न॑यति॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑: । उ॒रु॒ष्यती॒मंह॑सो॒ रक्ष॑ती रि॒षों॒३॒॑ऽहोश्चि॑दस्मा उरु॒चक्रि॒रद्भु॑तः ॥
यो अस्मै हव्यैर्घृतवद्भिरविधत्प्र तं प्राचा नयति ब्रह्मणस्पतिः । उरुष्यतीमंहसो रक्षती रिषोंऽहोश्चिदस्मा उरुचक्रिरद्भुतः ॥
yo asmai havyair ghṛtavadbhir avidhat pra tam prācā nayati brahmaṇas patiḥ | uruṣyatīm aṃhaso rakṣatī riṣo 'ṃhoś cid asmā urucakrir adbhutaḥ ||
English translation:
“Brahmaṇaspati leads by a straight path (to his reward), the worshipper who propitiates him with oblations of butter; he guards him against sin; he protects him from foes and from distress; and wonderful (in might) confers upon him many (favours).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): brahmaṇaspatiḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । अ॒स्मै॒ । ह॒व्यैः । घृ॒तव॑त्ऽभिः । अवि॑धत् । प्र । तम् । प्रा॒चा । न॒य॒ति॒ । ब्रह्म॑णः । पतिः॑ । उ॒रु॒ष्यती॑म् । अंह॑सः । रक्ष॑ति । रि॒षः । अं॒होः । चित् । अ॒स्मै॒ । उ॒रु॒ऽचक्रिः॑ । अद्भु॑तः ॥
यः । अस्मै । हव्यैः । घृतवत्भिः । अविधत् । प्र । तम् । प्राचा । नयति । ब्रह्मणः । पतिः । उरुष्यतीम् । अंहसः । रक्षति । रिषः । अंहोः । चित् । अस्मै । उरुचक्रिः । अद्भुतः ॥
yaḥ | asmai | havyaiḥ | ghṛtavat-bhiḥ | avidhat | pra | tam | prācā | nayati | brahmaṇaḥ | patiḥ | uruṣyatīm | aṃhasaḥ | rakṣati | riṣaḥ | aṃhoḥ | cit | asmai | uru-cakriḥ | adbhutaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.26.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“buttery.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“worship; offer.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, 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, singular, masculine
“eastern; aforesaid(a); former(a); eastbound; easterly; anterior; forward; prāñc [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahmaṇaspati.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“protect; help.”
[adverb]
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“trouble; sin.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“injury; riṣ; damage.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun]
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“doing; active.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“extraordinary; amazing; supernatural.”