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 5.28.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒मि॒ध्यमा॑नो अ॒मृत॑स्य राजसि ह॒विष्कृ॒ण्वन्तं॑ सचसे स्व॒स्तये॑ । विश्वं॒ स ध॑त्ते॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ यमिन्व॑स्याति॒थ्यम॑ग्ने॒ नि च॑ धत्त॒ इत्पु॒रः ॥
समिध्यमानो अमृतस्य राजसि हविष्कृण्वन्तं सचसे स्वस्तये । विश्वं स धत्ते द्रविणं यमिन्वस्यातिथ्यमग्ने नि च धत्त इत्पुरः ॥
samidhyamāno amṛtasya rājasi haviṣ kṛṇvantaṃ sacase svastaye | viśvaṃ sa dhatte draviṇaṃ yam invasy ātithyam agne ni ca dhatta it puraḥ ||
English translation:
“When about to be kindled, Agni, you rule over ambrosial (water); you are present with the offerer of the oblation for his welfare; he to whom you repair acquires universal wealth; he plural ces you, Agni the dues of hospitality.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvāvārātreyī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒म्ऽइ॒ध्यमा॑नः । अ॒मृत॑स्य । रा॒ज॒सि॒ । ह॒विः । कृ॒ण्वन्त॑म् । स॒च॒से॒ । स्व॒स्तये॑ । विश्व॑म् । सः । ध॒त्ते॒ । द्रवि॑णम् । यम् । इन्व॑सि । आ॒ति॒थ्यम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । नि । च॒ । ध॒त्ते॒ । इत् । पु॒रः ॥
सम्इध्यमानः । अमृतस्य । राजसि । हविः । कृण्वन्तम् । सचसे । स्वस्तये । विश्वम् । सः । धत्ते । द्रविणम् । यम् । इन्वसि । आतिथ्यम् । अग्ने । नि । च । धत्ते । इत् । पुरः ॥
sam-idhyamānaḥ | amṛtasya | rājasi | haviḥ | kṛṇvantam | sacase | svastaye | viśvam | saḥ | dhatte | draviṇam | yam | invasi | ātithyam | agne | ni | ca | dhatte | it | puraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.28.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“amṛta; immortality; vatsanābha; ambrosia; mercury; medicine; vighasa; calcium hydroxide.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“govern; shine; glitter; direct.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money; jewel.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; drive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“cordial reception.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”