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 5.15.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तेन॑ ऋ॒तं ध॒रुणं॑ धारयन्त य॒ज्ञस्य॑ शा॒के प॑र॒मे व्यो॑मन् । दि॒वो धर्म॑न्ध॒रुणे॑ से॒दुषो॒ नॄञ्जा॒तैरजा॑ताँ अ॒भि ये न॑न॒क्षुः ॥
ऋतेन ऋतं धरुणं धारयन्त यज्ञस्य शाके परमे व्योमन् । दिवो धर्मन्धरुणे सेदुषो नॄञ्जातैरजाताँ अभि ये ननक्षुः ॥
ṛtena ṛtaṃ dharuṇaṃ dhārayanta yajñasya śāke parame vyoman | divo dharman dharuṇe seduṣo nṝñ jātair ajātām̐ abhi ye nanakṣuḥ ||
English translation:
“They are detaining by sacrifice the true recipient (of offerings) in the most eminent plural ce of the ceremony, who brings together the leaders (of the rite), the unborn with the born, (or gods and men), as seated at the solemnity which is the stay of heaven.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
They are detaining by sacrifice: ṛtena ṛtam dharuṇam dhārayantaḥ, they, the yajamānas, hold or detain ṛtam dharuṇam yajñasya dhārakam satyam the true holder of sacrifice, that is, Agni, by the ceremony, parame vyomani utkṛṣṭe sthāne, in the best plural ce, that is, the altar
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dharuṇa āṅgirasaḥ [dharuṇa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तेन॑ । ऋ॒तम् । ध॒रुण॑म् । धा॒र॒य॒न्त॒ । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । शो॒के । प॒र॒मे । विऽओ॑मन् । दि॒वः । धर्म॑न् । ध॒रुणे॑ । से॒दुषः॑ । नॄन् । जा॒तैः । अजा॑तान् । अ॒भि । ये । न॒न॒क्षुः ॥
ऋतेन । ऋतम् । धरुणम् । धारयन्त । यज्ञस्य । शोके । परमे । विओमन् । दिवः । धर्मन् । धरुणे । सेदुषः । नॄन् । जातैः । अजातान् । अभि । ये । ननक्षुः ॥
ṛtena | ṛtam | dharuṇam | dhārayanta | yajñasya | śoke | parame | vi-oman | divaḥ | dharman | dharuṇe | seduṣaḥ | nṝn | jātaiḥ | ajātān | abhi | ye | nanakṣuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.15.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“prop; foundation.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“power.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“extreme; best; excellent; highest; highest; devoted(p); maximal; distant; parama [word]; very; farthermost.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“abhra; sky; ākāśa; Svarga; Vyoman.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“holding; supportive.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[verb noun], instrumental, plural
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“reach; approach.”