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 5.15.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र वे॒धसे॑ क॒वये॒ वेद्या॑य॒ गिरं॑ भरे य॒शसे॑ पू॒र्व्याय॑ । घृ॒तप्र॑सत्तो॒ असु॑रः सु॒शेवो॑ रा॒यो ध॒र्ता ध॒रुणो॒ वस्वो॑ अ॒ग्निः ॥
प्र वेधसे कवये वेद्याय गिरं भरे यशसे पूर्व्याय । घृतप्रसत्तो असुरः सुशेवो रायो धर्ता धरुणो वस्वो अग्निः ॥
pra vedhase kavaye vedyāya giram bhare yaśase pūrvyāya | ghṛtaprasatto asuraḥ suśevo rāyo dhartā dharuṇo vasvo agniḥ ||
English translation:
“I offer praise to Agni, the creator, the far-seeing, the adorable, the renowned, the first (of the gods); he who is propitiated by oblations, the strong, the giver of happiness, the possessor of riches, the receiver of oblations, the bestower of oblations.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dharuṇa āṅgirasaḥ [dharuṇa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । वे॒धसे॑ । क॒वये॑ । वेद्या॑य । गिर॑म् । भ॒रे॒ । य॒शसे॑ । पू॒र्व्याय॑ । घृ॒तऽप्र॑सत्तः । असु॑रः । सु॒ऽशेवः॑ । रा॒यः । ध॒र्ता । ध॒रुणः॑ । वस्वः॑ । अ॒ग्निः ॥
प्र । वेधसे । कवये । वेद्याय । गिरम् । भरे । यशसे । पूर्व्याय । घृतप्रसत्तः । असुरः । सुशेवः । रायः । धर्ता । धरुणः । वस्वः । अग्निः ॥
pra | vedhase | kavaye | vedyāya | giram | bhare | yaśase | pūrvyāya | ghṛta-prasattaḥ | asuraḥ | su-śevaḥ | rāyaḥ | dhartā | dharuṇaḥ | vasvaḥ | agniḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.15.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“battle; weight; foray; bhṛ; load.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“fame; Yaśas.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[noun], neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“calm; clear up; forgive; feel for.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friendly; favorable; dear.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“holding; supportive.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”