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 2.27.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मा गिर॑ आदि॒त्येभ्यो॑ घृ॒तस्नू॑: स॒नाद्राज॑भ्यो जु॒ह्वा॑ जुहोमि । शृ॒णोतु॑ मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा भगो॑ नस्तुविजा॒तो वरु॑णो॒ दक्षो॒ अंश॑: ॥
इमा गिर आदित्येभ्यो घृतस्नूः सनाद्राजभ्यो जुह्वा जुहोमि । शृणोतु मित्रो अर्यमा भगो नस्तुविजातो वरुणो दक्षो अंशः ॥
imā gira ādityebhyo ghṛtasnūḥ sanād rājabhyo juhvā juhomi | śṛṇotu mitro aryamā bhago nas tuvijāto varuṇo dakṣo aṃśaḥ ||
English translation:
“I present continually, with the ladle (of speech), these oblation-dropping hymns to the royal Ādityas; may Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, the multi-present Varuṇa, the powerful Aṃśa, hear us.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ādityas, sons of Aditi: here only five are enumerated. Taittirīya adds: dhātā, indra and vivasvat to make the total eight; aṃśu (for aṃśa). Purāṇas enumerate twelve, adding to the eight of the Taittirīya: viṣṇu, pūṣan, tvaṣṭā and savitā).
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kūrmo gārtsamado gṛtsamado vā [kūrma gārtsamada gṛtsamada vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒माः । गिरः॑ । आ॒दि॒त्येभ्यः॑ । घृ॒तऽस्नूः॑ । स॒नात् । राज॑ऽभ्यः । जु॒ह्वा॑ । जु॒हो॒मि॒ । शृ॒णोतु॑ । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । भगः॑ । नः॒ । तु॒वि॒ऽजा॒तः । वरु॑णः । दक्षः॑ । अंशः॑ ॥
इमाः । गिरः । आदित्येभ्यः । घृतस्नूः । सनात् । राजभ्यः । जुह्वा । जुहोमि । शृणोतु । मित्रः । अर्यमा । भगः । नः । तुविजातः । वरुणः । दक्षः । अंशः ॥
imāḥ | giraḥ | ādityebhyaḥ | ghṛta-snūḥ | sanāt | rāja-bhyaḥ | juhvā | juhomi | śṛṇotu | mitraḥ | aryamā | bhagaḥ | naḥ | tuvi-jātaḥ | varuṇaḥ | dakṣaḥ | aṃśaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.27.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
[adverb]
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“tongue; fire; ladle.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun]
“mighty; very; diverse; much(a); many.”
[verb noun], nominative, 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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“part; part; share; part; volume; parcel; part; Aṃśa; aṃśa [word]; fraction.”