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 8.38.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मा जु॑षेथां॒ सव॑ना॒ येभि॑र्ह॒व्यान्यू॒हथु॑: । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ आ ग॑तं नरा ॥
इमा जुषेथां सवना येभिर्हव्यान्यूहथुः । इन्द्राग्नी आ गतं नरा ॥
imā juṣethāṃ savanā yebhir havyāny ūhathuḥ | indrāgnī ā gataṃ narā ||
English translation:
“Accept these sacrifices whereby you have borne away the oblations; leaders of rites, Indra and Agni,come hither.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśvaḥ [śyāvāśva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāgnī ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मा । जु॒षे॒था॒म् । सव॑ना । येभिः॑ । ह॒व्यानि॑ । ऊ॒हथुः॑ । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ इति॑ । आ । ग॒त॒म् । न॒रा॒ ॥
इमा । जुषेथाम् । सवना । येभिः । हव्यानि । ऊहथुः । इन्द्राग्नी इति । आ । गतम् । नरा ॥
imā | juṣethām | savanā | yebhiḥ | havyāni | ūhathuḥ | indrāgnī iti | ā | gatam | narā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.38.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”