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 10.11.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सदा॑सि र॒ण्वो यव॑सेव॒ पुष्य॑ते॒ होत्रा॑भिरग्ने॒ मनु॑षः स्वध्व॒रः । विप्र॑स्य वा॒ यच्छ॑शमा॒न उ॒क्थ्यं१॒॑ वाजं॑ सस॒वाँ उ॑प॒यासि॒ भूरि॑भिः ॥
सदासि रण्वो यवसेव पुष्यते होत्राभिरग्ने मनुषः स्वध्वरः । विप्रस्य वा यच्छशमान उक्थ्यं वाजं ससवाँ उपयासि भूरिभिः ॥
sadāsi raṇvo yavaseva puṣyate hotrābhir agne manuṣaḥ svadhvaraḥ | viprasya vā yac chaśamāna ukthyaṃ vājaṃ sasavām̐ upayāsi bhūribhiḥ ||
English translation:
“You, Agni, are ever plural asing (to your worshippers), as pasture satisfies (the herds); bewell-worshipped with man's sacrifices; if commending the praise of the wise, and partaking of the (sacrificial)food, you come with many (divinities of the rite).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): havirdhāna āṅgiḥ [havirdhāna āṅgi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सदा॑ । अ॒सि॒ । र॒ण्वः । यव॑साऽइव । पुष्य॑ते । होत्रा॑भिः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । मनु॑षः । सु॒ऽअ॒ध्व॒रः । विप्र॑स्य । वा॒ । यत् । श॒श॒मा॒नः । उ॒क्थ्य॑म् । वाज॑म् । स॒स॒ऽवान् । उ॒प॒ऽयासि॑ । भूरि॑ऽभिः ॥
सदा । असि । रण्वः । यवसाइव । पुष्यते । होत्राभिः । अग्ने । मनुषः । सुअध्वरः । विप्रस्य । वा । यत् । शशमानः । उक्थ्यम् । वाजम् । ससवान् । उपयासि । भूरिभिः ॥
sadā | asi | raṇvaḥ | yavasāiva | puṣyate | hotrābhiḥ | agne | manuṣaḥ | su-adhvaraḥ | viprasya | vā | yat | śaśamānaḥ | ukthyam | vājam | sasa-vān | upa-yāsi | bhūri-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.11.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“always; continually; always; perpetually.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“agreeable; happy; delightful; gay.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“eatage; pasture; fodder.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“boom; grow; promote; foster.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“hotrā [word]; Hautra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Manu; man.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“calm; go out; end; die; pacify; heal; labor; make peace; rest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“applaudable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“win; get; gain.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“enter (a state); arrive; come; go.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”