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 5.26.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र य॒ज्ञ ए॑त्वानु॒षग॒द्या दे॒वव्य॑चस्तमः । स्तृ॒णी॒त ब॒र्हिरा॒सदे॑ ॥
प्र यज्ञ एत्वानुषगद्या देवव्यचस्तमः । स्तृणीत बर्हिरासदे ॥
pra yajña etv ānuṣag adyā devavyacastamaḥ | stṛṇīta barhir āsade ||

English translation:

“May the sacrifice most solemnly offered by the devout duly proceed today (to the gods); spread the sacred grass for their seat.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । य॒ज्ञः । ए॒तु॒ । आ॒नु॒षक् । अ॒द्य । दे॒वव्य॑चःऽतमः । स्तृ॒णी॒त । ब॒र्हिः । आ॒ऽसदे॑ ॥
प्र । यज्ञः । एतु । आनुषक् । अद्य । देवव्यचःतमः । स्तृणीत । बर्हिः । आसदे ॥
pra | yajñaḥ | etu | ānuṣak | adya | devavyacaḥ-tamaḥ | stṛṇīta | barhiḥ | āsade

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.26.8 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

yajña < yajñaḥ < yajña

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

etv < etu < i

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

ānuṣag < ānuṣak

[adverb]

“correctly; in sequence; punctually.”

adyā < adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

devavyacastamaḥ < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devavyacastamaḥ < vyacastamaḥ < vyacastama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

stṛṇīta < stṛ

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“spread; kill; lay; cover.”

barhir < barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

āsade < āsad < √sad

[verb noun]

“approach; attack; sit down; approach; find; arrive.”

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