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 5.4.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जुष्टो॒ दमू॑ना॒ अति॑थिर्दुरो॒ण इ॒मं नो॑ य॒ज्ञमुप॑ याहि वि॒द्वान् । विश्वा॑ अग्ने अभि॒युजो॑ वि॒हत्या॑ शत्रूय॒तामा भ॑रा॒ भोज॑नानि ॥
जुष्टो दमूना अतिथिर्दुरोण इमं नो यज्ञमुप याहि विद्वान् । विश्वा अग्ने अभियुजो विहत्या शत्रूयतामा भरा भोजनानि ॥
juṣṭo damūnā atithir duroṇa imaṃ no yajñam upa yāhi vidvān | viśvā agne abhiyujo vihatyā śatrūyatām ā bharā bhojanāni ||
English translation:
“Proppitiated, lowly-minded, a guest in the dwelling, come, you who are wise, to this our sacrifice; having destroyed Agni, all our adversaries, bring off the possessions of those who bear us enmity.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Guest: atithirabhyatito gṛhān bhavati (Nirukta 4.5)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasuśruta ātreyaḥ [vasuśruta ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जुष्टः॑ । दमू॑नाः । अति॑थिः । दु॒रो॒णे । इ॒मम् । नः॒ । य॒ज्ञम् । उप॑ । या॒हि॒ । वि॒द्वान् । विश्वा॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अ॒भि॒ऽयुजः॑ । वि॒ऽहत्य॑ । श॒त्रु॒ऽय॒ताम् । आ । भ॒र॒ । भोज॑नानि ॥
जुष्टः । दमूनाः । अतिथिः । दुरोणे । इमम् । नः । यज्ञम् । उप । याहि । विद्वान् । विश्वा । अग्ने । अभियुजः । विहत्य । शत्रुयताम् । आ । भर । भोजनानि ॥
juṣṭaḥ | damūnāḥ | atithiḥ | duroṇe | imam | naḥ | yajñam | upa | yāhi | vidvān | viśvā | agne | abhi-yujaḥ | vi-hatya | śatru-yatām | ā | bhara | bhojanāni
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.4.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“master.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“guest; atithi [word]; Atithi.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“home; dwelling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“attack; attack.”
[verb noun]
“obstruct; cancel out; restrict.”
[verb noun], genitive, plural
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“food; eating; foodstuff; meal; property; sevana; enjoyment.”