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 5.19.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जु॒हु॒रे वि चि॒तय॒न्तोऽनि॑मिषं नृ॒म्णं पा॑न्ति । आ दृ॒ळ्हां पुरं॑ विविशुः ॥
जुहुरे वि चितयन्तोऽनिमिषं नृम्णं पान्ति । आ दृळ्हां पुरं विविशुः ॥
juhure vi citayanto 'nimiṣaṃ nṛmṇam pānti | ā dṛḻhām puraṃ viviśuḥ ||

English translation:

“They who know (your power) invoke you incessantly and nourish (your) strength (by oblations); they dwell in an impregnable city.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vavrirātreyaḥ [vavrirātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जु॒हु॒रे । वि । चि॒तय॑न्तः । अनि॑ऽमिषम् । नृ॒म्णम् । पा॒न्ति॒ । आ । दृ॒ळ्हाम् । पुर॑म् । वि॒वि॒शुः॒ ॥
जुहुरे । वि । चितयन्तः । अनिमिषम् । नृम्णम् । पान्ति । आ । दृळ्हाम् । पुरम् । विविशुः ॥
juhure | vi | citayantaḥ | animiṣam | nṛmṇam | pānti | ā | dṛḷhām | puram | viviśuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.19.2 English analysis of grammar]

juhure < hu

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

citayanto < citayantaḥ < citay < √cit

[verb noun], nominative, plural

'nimiṣaṃ < animiṣam < animiṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“agaze.”

nṛmṇam < nṛmṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“manhood; power.”

pānti <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“protect; govern.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

dṛᄆhām < dṛḍha

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“hard; intense; firm; fixed; resolute; mesomorphic; grim; dṛḍha [word]; rainproof; sturdy; shut; firm; insoluble; strong; tough; tight.”

puraṃ < puram < pur

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”

viviśuḥ < viś

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“enter; penetrate; settle; settle.”

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