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 5.26.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तं त्वा॑ घृतस्नवीमहे॒ चित्र॑भानो स्व॒र्दृश॑म् । दे॒वाँ आ वी॒तये॑ वह ॥
तं त्वा घृतस्नवीमहे चित्रभानो स्वर्दृशम् । देवाँ आ वीतये वह ॥
taṃ tvā ghṛtasnav īmahe citrabhāno svardṛśam | devām̐ ā vītaye vaha ||
English translation:
“Feeder upon butter, bright and variegated radiance we solicit you, the beholder of heaven, to (partake of) the (sacrificial) food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasuyava ātreyaḥ [vasuyava ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । त्वा॒ । घृ॒त॒स्नो॒ इति॑ घृतऽस्नो । ई॒म॒हे॒ । चित्र॑भानो॒ इति॒ चित्र॑ऽभानो । स्वः॒ऽदृश॑म् । दे॒वान् । आ । वी॒तये॑ । व॒ह॒ ॥
तम् । त्वा । घृतस्नो इति घृतस्नो । ईमहे । चित्रभानो इति चित्रभानो । स्वःदृशम् । देवान् । आ । वीतये । वह ॥
tam | tvā | ghṛtasno itighṛta-sno | īmahe | citrabhāno iticitra-bhāno | svaḥ-dṛśam | devān | ā | vītaye | vaha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.26.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“beg; solicit.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni; sun; Surya.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“eye; dṛś; dṛś [word]; sight; evil eye.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”