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 10.1.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
होता॑रं चि॒त्रर॑थमध्व॒रस्य॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑यज्ञस्य के॒तुं रुश॑न्तम् । प्रत्य॑र्धिं दे॒वस्य॑देवस्य म॒ह्ना श्रि॒या त्व१॒॑ग्निमति॑थिं॒ जना॑नाम् ॥
होतारं चित्ररथमध्वरस्य यज्ञस्ययज्ञस्य केतुं रुशन्तम् । प्रत्यर्धिं देवस्यदेवस्य मह्ना श्रिया त्वग्निमतिथिं जनानाम् ॥
hotāraṃ citraratham adhvarasya yajñasya-yajñasya ketuṃ ruśantam | pratyardhiṃ devasya-devasya mahnā śriyā tv agnim atithiṃ janānām ||
English translation:
“(We worship) Agni for prosperity, you, who are the invoker of the gods, the many-colouredconveyance of the saacrifice, the brilliant banner of every offering, the surpasser of every other deity in might, theguest of men.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
होता॑रम् । चि॒त्रऽर॑थम् । अ॒ध्व॒रस्य॑ । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ऽयज्ञस्य । के॒तुम् । रुश॑न्तम् । प्रति॑ऽअर्धिम् । दे॒वस्य॑ऽदेवस्य । म॒ह्ना । श्रि॒या । त्वम् । अ॒ग्निम् । अति॑थिम् । जना॑नाम् ॥
होतारम् । चित्ररथम् । अध्वरस्य । यज्ञस्ययज्ञस्य । केतुम् । रुशन्तम् । प्रतिअर्धिम् । देवस्यदेवस्य । मह्ना । श्रिया । त्वम् । अग्निम् । अतिथिम् । जनानाम् ॥
hotāram | citra-ratham | adhvarasya | yajñasya-yajñasya | ketum | ruśantam | prati-ardhim | devasya-devasya | mahnā | śriyā | tvam | agnim | atithim | janānām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.1.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun]
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“white; bright; bright.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“equal.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”
[adverb]
“now; then; but; and; now; however; then; then; surely.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“guest; atithi [word]; Atithi.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”