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 7.16.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स यो॑जते अरु॒षा वि॒श्वभो॑जसा॒ स दु॑द्रव॒त्स्वा॑हुतः । सु॒ब्रह्मा॑ य॒ज्ञः सु॒शमी॒ वसू॑नां दे॒वं राधो॒ जना॑नाम् ॥
स योजते अरुषा विश्वभोजसा स दुद्रवत्स्वाहुतः । सुब्रह्मा यज्ञः सुशमी वसूनां देवं राधो जनानाम् ॥
sa yojate aruṣā viśvabhojasā sa dudravat svāhutaḥ | subrahmā yajñaḥ suśamī vasūnāṃ devaṃ rādho janānām ||
English translation:
“May he harness his brilliant protecting (steeds to his car), when earnestly invoked; may he hasten (tobring the gods); may the sacrificial wealth of the worshippers (proceed to) that deity who is the giver of abundantfood, the adorable, the doer of great deeds.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Vasunām devan rādho janānām = tam dhanānām madhyedevam atayantoparakṣamāṇam dhanam yajamānānām, may Agni, who harnesses, etc. be regardful of thebrilliant wealth of the worshippers;
Alternative: Agni goes quickly where the worship of the Vasus, Rudras,Ādityas is celebrated, and the sacrificial wealth of the worshippers is offered
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurigbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । यो॒ज॒ते॒ । अ॒रु॒षा । वि॒श्वऽभो॑जसा । सः । दु॒द्र॒व॒त् । सुऽआ॑हुतः । सु॒ऽब्रह्मा॑ । य॒ज्ञः । सु॒ऽशमी॑ । वसू॑नाम् । दे॒वम् । राधः॑ । जना॑नाम् ॥
सः । योजते । अरुषा । विश्वभोजसा । सः । दुद्रवत् । सुआहुतः । सुब्रह्मा । यज्ञः । सुशमी । वसूनाम् । देवम् । राधः । जनानाम् ॥
saḥ | yojate | aruṣā | viśva-bhojasā | saḥ | dudravat | su-āhutaḥ | su-brahmā | yajñaḥ | su-śamī | vasūnām | devam | rādhaḥ | janānām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.16.2 English analysis of grammar]
[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, Aorist conj./subj.
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“red; red.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“advantage; utility; food.”
[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, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“liquefy; melt; melt; flee; run; run; vanish; run; rush; dissolve; dissolve.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sacrifice; sprinkle.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Vasu; Vasu; eight; vas; audbhida; Deva; sun; pāṃśuja; Agni.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“divine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”