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 10.88.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यज्जा॑तवेदो॒ भुव॑नस्य मू॒र्धन्नति॑ष्ठो अग्ने स॒ह रो॑च॒नेन॑ । तं त्वा॑हेम म॒तिभि॑र्गी॒र्भिरु॒क्थैः स य॒ज्ञियो॑ अभवो रोदसि॒प्राः ॥
यज्जातवेदो भुवनस्य मूर्धन्नतिष्ठो अग्ने सह रोचनेन । तं त्वाहेम मतिभिर्गीर्भिरुक्थैः स यज्ञियो अभवो रोदसिप्राः ॥
yaj jātavedo bhuvanasya mūrdhann atiṣṭho agne saha rocanena | taṃ tvāhema matibhir gīrbhir ukthaiḥ sa yajñiyo abhavo rodasiprāḥ ||
English translation:
“Inasmuch as you abide, Agni Jātavedas, on the brow of the universe, together with the sun, we havecome to you with praises, with hymns, with prayers; you are adorable, the satisfier of heaven and earth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): mūrdhanvānāṅgiraso vāmadevyo vā [mūrdhanvānāṅgirasa vāmadevya vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryavaiśvānarau ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । भुव॑नस्य । मू॒र्धन् । अति॑ष्ठः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । स॒ह । रो॒च॒नेन॑ । तम् । त्वा॒ । अ॒हे॒म॒ । म॒तिऽभिः॑ । गीः॒ऽभिः । उ॒क्थैः । सः । य॒ज्ञियः॑ । अ॒भ॒वः॒ । रो॒द॒सि॒ऽप्राः ॥
यत् । जातवेदः । भुवनस्य । मूर्धन् । अतिष्ठः । अग्ने । सह । रोचनेन । तम् । त्वा । अहेम । मतिभिः । गीःभिः । उक्थैः । सः । यज्ञियः । अभवः । रोदसिप्राः ॥
yat | jāta-vedaḥ | bhuvanasya | mūrdhan | atiṣṭhaḥ | agne | saha | rocanena | tam | tvā | ahema | mati-bhiḥ | gīḥ-bhiḥ | ukthaiḥ | saḥ | yajñiyaḥ | abhavaḥ | rodasi-prāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.88.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“light; celestial sphere.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“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, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“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, masculine