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 5.5.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सुस॑मिद्धाय शो॒चिषे॑ घृ॒तं ती॒व्रं जु॑होतन । अ॒ग्नये॑ जा॒तवे॑दसे ॥
सुसमिद्धाय शोचिषे घृतं तीव्रं जुहोतन । अग्नये जातवेदसे ॥
susamiddhāya śociṣe ghṛtaṃ tīvraṃ juhotana | agnaye jātavedase ||
English translation:
“Offer abundant butter to the replendent Susamiddha, to Agni, to Jātavedas.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Susamiddha, an epithet of Agni
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasuśruta ātreyaḥ [vasuśruta ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सुऽस॑मिद्धाय । शो॒चिषे॑ । घृ॒तम् । ती॒व्रम् । जु॒हो॒त॒न॒ । अ॒ग्नये॑ । जा॒तऽवे॑दसे ॥
सुसमिद्धाय । शोचिषे । घृतम् । तीव्रम् । जुहोतन । अग्नये । जातवेदसे ॥
su-samiddhāya | śociṣe | ghṛtam | tīvram | juhotana | agnaye | jāta-vedase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.5.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“intense; severe; pungent; acute; potent; loud.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”