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 10.52.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒हं होता॒ न्य॑सीदं॒ यजी॑या॒न्विश्वे॑ दे॒वा म॒रुतो॑ मा जुनन्ति । अह॑रहरश्वि॒नाध्व॑र्यवं वां ब्र॒ह्मा स॒मिद्भ॑वति॒ साहु॑तिर्वाम् ॥
अहं होता न्यसीदं यजीयान्विश्वे देवा मरुतो मा जुनन्ति । अहरहरश्विनाध्वर्यवं वां ब्रह्मा समिद्भवति साहुतिर्वाम् ॥
ahaṃ hotā ny asīdaṃ yajīyān viśve devā maruto mā junanti | ahar-ahar aśvinādhvaryavaṃ vām brahmā samid bhavati sāhutir vām ||
English translation:
“Best entitled to the sacrifice, I have sat down as the Hotā; all the divine Maruts urge me( to bear theoblation); the office of the Adhvaryu is to be discharged daily, Aśvins, by you; let the moon be the brahman, andlet it be also your oblation.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The moon: samidh = fuel; or, the moon, identical with Soma, which is the oblation;three chief priests are present: agni is the hotā, aśvins the adhvaryu, and soma the brahmā
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agniḥ saucīkaḥ [agni saucīka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): devāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒हम् । होता॑ । नि । अ॒सी॒द॒म् । यजी॑यान् । विश्वे॑ । दे॒वाः॒ । म॒रुतः॑ । मा॒ । जु॒न॒न्ति॒ । अहः॑ऽअहः । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । आध्व॑र्यवम् । वा॒म् । ब्र॒ह्मा । स॒म्ऽइत् । भ॒व॒ति॒ । सा । आऽहु॑तिः । वा॒म् ॥
अहम् । होता । नि । असीदम् । यजीयान् । विश्वे । देवाः । मरुतः । मा । जुनन्ति । अहःअहः । अश्विना । आध्वर्यवम् । वाम् । ब्रह्मा । सम्इत् । भवति । सा । आहुतिः । वाम् ॥
aham | hotā | ni | asīdam | yajīyān | viśve | devāḥ | marutaḥ | mā | junanti | ahaḥ-ahaḥ | aśvinā | ādhvaryavam | vām | brahmā | sam-it | bhavati | sā | āhutiḥ | vām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.52.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“animate; encourage; impel; inspire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“Ādhvaryava.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; Brahmin; dhak; Brahman; brahman [word]; Brahman; Brahmin; Brahmapurāṇa; Vishnu; Brihaspati.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“āhuti; offering.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”