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 10.78.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निर्न ये भ्राज॑सा रु॒क्मव॑क्षसो॒ वाता॑सो॒ न स्व॒युज॑: स॒द्यऊ॑तयः । प्र॒ज्ञा॒तारो॒ न ज्येष्ठा॑: सुनी॒तय॑: सु॒शर्मा॑णो॒ न सोमा॑ ऋ॒तं य॒ते ॥
अग्निर्न ये भ्राजसा रुक्मवक्षसो वातासो न स्वयुजः सद्यऊतयः । प्रज्ञातारो न ज्येष्ठाः सुनीतयः सुशर्माणो न सोमा ऋतं यते ॥
agnir na ye bhrājasā rukmavakṣaso vātāso na svayujaḥ sadyaūtayaḥ | prajñātāro na jyeṣṭhāḥ sunītayaḥ suśarmāṇo na somā ṛtaṃ yate ||

English translation:

“(You) who like Agni (are endowed) with splendour, who have golden ornaments upon your breasts,who like the winds (are) self-yoked, swift-moving, who like the extremely wise (are) venerable and able guides,and like the Soma the giver of delight, (do you com) to the (worshipper) going to the sacrifice.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): syūmaraśmirbhārgavaḥ [syūmaraśmirbhārgava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निः । न । ये । भ्राज॑सा । रु॒क्मऽव॑क्षसः । वाता॑सः । न । स्व॒ऽयुजः॑ । स॒द्यःऽऊ॑तयः । प्र॒ऽज्ञा॒तारः॑ । न । ज्येष्ठाः॑ । सु॒ऽनी॒तयः॑ । सु॒ऽशर्मा॑णः । न । सोमाः॑ । ऋ॒तम् । य॒ते ॥
अग्निः । न । ये । भ्राजसा । रुक्मवक्षसः । वातासः । न । स्वयुजः । सद्यःऊतयः । प्रज्ञातारः । न । ज्येष्ठाः । सुनीतयः । सुशर्माणः । न । सोमाः । ऋतम् । यते ॥
agniḥ | na | ye | bhrājasā | rukma-vakṣasaḥ | vātāsaḥ | na | sva-yujaḥ | sadyaḥ-ūtayaḥ | pra-jñātāraḥ | na | jyeṣṭhāḥ | su-nītayaḥ | su-śarmāṇaḥ | na | somāḥ | ṛtam | yate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.78.2 English analysis of grammar]

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

bhrājasā < bhrājas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“glare.”

rukmavakṣaso < rukma

[noun], neuter

“gold; svarṇamākṣika.”

rukmavakṣaso < vakṣasaḥ < vakṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“breast; breast; bosom; thorax.”

vātāso < vātāsaḥ < vāta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

svayujaḥ < sva

[noun]

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

svayujaḥ < yujaḥ < yuj

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“amalgamated; harnessed.”

sadyaūtayaḥ < sadyaūti

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

prajñātāro < prajñātāraḥ < prajñātṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

jyeṣṭhāḥ < jyeṣṭha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“firstborn; best; first; excellent; highest; jyeṣṭha [word].”

sunītayaḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sunītayaḥ < nītayaḥ < nīti

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“caution; good behavior; policy; politics.”

suśarmāṇo < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suśarmāṇo < śarmāṇaḥ < śarman

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

somā < somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

ṛtaṃ < ṛtam < ṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

yate < i

[verb noun], dative, singular

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

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