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 6.2.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒जोष॑स्त्वा दि॒वो नरो॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ के॒तुमि॑न्धते । यद्ध॒ स्य मानु॑षो॒ जन॑: सुम्ना॒युर्जु॒ह्वे अ॑ध्व॒रे ॥
सजोषस्त्वा दिवो नरो यज्ञस्य केतुमिन्धते । यद्ध स्य मानुषो जनः सुम्नायुर्जुह्वे अध्वरे ॥
sajoṣas tvā divo naro yajñasya ketum indhate | yad dha sya mānuṣo janaḥ sumnāyur juhve adhvare ||
English translation:
“The offerers of praise, sympathizing in satisfaction, kindle you the banner of the sacrifice, when man, the descendant of Manu, desiring happiness, invokes you to the rite.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒ऽजोषः॑ । त्वा॒ । दि॒वः । नरः॑ । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । के॒तुम् । इ॒न्ध॒ते॒ । यत् । ह॒ । स्य । मानु॑षः । जनः॑ । सु॒म्न॒ऽयुः । जु॒ह्वे । अ॒ध्व॒रे ॥
सजोषः । त्वा । दिवः । नरः । यज्ञस्य । केतुम् । इन्धते । यत् । ह । स्य । मानुषः । जनः । सुम्नयुः । जुह्वे । अध्वरे ॥
sa-joṣaḥ | tvā | divaḥ | naraḥ | yajñasya | ketum | indhate | yat | ha | sya | mānuṣaḥ | janaḥ | sumna-yuḥ | juhve | adhvare
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.2.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“that.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“human.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“gracious.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”