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 5.28.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
समि॑द्धो अग्न आहुत दे॒वान्य॑क्षि स्वध्वर । त्वं हि ह॑व्य॒वाळसि॑ ॥
समिद्धो अग्न आहुत देवान्यक्षि स्वध्वर । त्वं हि हव्यवाळसि ॥
samiddho agna āhuta devān yakṣi svadhvara | tvaṃ hi havyavāḻ asi ||
English translation:
“Agni, who are kindled and invoked, worship the gods at the holy rite, for you are the bearer of the oblation.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvāvārātreyī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम्ऽइ॑द्धः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ॒ऽहु॒त॒ । दे॒वान् । य॒क्षि॒ । सु॒ऽअ॒ध्व॒र॒ । त्वम् । हि । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाट् । असि॑ ॥
सम्इद्धः । अग्ने । आहुत । देवान् । यक्षि । सुअध्वर । त्वम् । हि । हव्यवाट् । असि ॥
sam-iddhaḥ | agne | āhuta | devān | yakṣi | su-adhvara | tvam | hi | havya-vāṭ | asi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.28.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“sacrifice; sprinkle.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“Agni; fire.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”