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 7.2.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒प॒र्यवो॒ भर॑माणा अभि॒ज्ञु प्र वृ॑ञ्जते॒ नम॑सा ब॒र्हिर॒ग्नौ । आ॒जुह्वा॑ना घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठं॒ पृष॑द्व॒दध्व॑र्यवो ह॒विषा॑ मर्जयध्वम् ॥
सपर्यवो भरमाणा अभिज्ञु प्र वृञ्जते नमसा बर्हिरग्नौ । आजुह्वाना घृतपृष्ठं पृषद्वदध्वर्यवो हविषा मर्जयध्वम् ॥
saparyavo bharamāṇā abhijñu pra vṛñjate namasā barhir agnau | ājuhvānā ghṛtapṛṣṭham pṛṣadvad adhvaryavo haviṣā marjayadhvam ||

English translation:

“The worshippers bearing the sacred grass offer it with reverence, upon their knees, to Agni; worshiphim, priests, with oblations, invoking him to (sit down) on the spotted (grass), smeared with clarified butter.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒प॒र्यवः॑ । भर॑माणाः । अ॒भि॒ऽज्ञु । प्र । वृ॒ञ्ज॒ते॒ । नम॑सा । ब॒र्हिः । अ॒ग्नौ । आ॒ऽजुह्वा॑नाः । घृ॒तऽपृ॑ष्ठम् । पृष॑त्ऽवत् । अध्व॑र्यवः । ह॒विषा॑ । म॒र्ज॒य॒ध्व॒म् ॥
सपर्यवः । भरमाणाः । अभिज्ञु । प्र । वृञ्जते । नमसा । बर्हिः । अग्नौ । आजुह्वानाः । घृतपृष्ठम् । पृषत्वत् । अध्वर्यवः । हविषा । मर्जयध्वम् ॥
saparyavaḥ | bharamāṇāḥ | abhi-jñu | pra | vṛñjate | namasā | barhiḥ | agnau | ājuhvānāḥ | ghṛta-pṛṣṭham | pṛṣat-vat | adhvaryavaḥ | haviṣā | marjayadhvam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.2.4 English analysis of grammar]

saparyavo < saparyavaḥ < saparyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“deferent.”

bharamāṇā < bharamāṇāḥ < bhṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

abhijñu

[adverb]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vṛñjate < vṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

namasā < namas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”

barhir < barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

agnau < agni

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

ājuhvānā < ājuhvānāḥ < āhu < √hu

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“sacrifice; sprinkle.”

ghṛtapṛṣṭham < ghṛta

[noun], neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ghṛtapṛṣṭham < pṛṣṭham < pṛṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”

pṛṣadvad < pṛṣadvat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

adhvaryavo < adhvaryavaḥ < adhvaryu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Adhvaryu; adhvaryu [word]; Yajur-Veda.”

haviṣā < havis

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”

marjayadhvam < marjay < √mṛj

[verb], plural, Present imperative

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