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 10.90.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्पुरु॑षेण ह॒विषा॑ दे॒वा य॒ज्ञमत॑न्वत । व॒स॒न्तो अ॑स्यासी॒दाज्यं॑ ग्री॒ष्म इ॒ध्मः श॒रद्ध॒विः ॥
यत्पुरुषेण हविषा देवा यज्ञमतन्वत । वसन्तो अस्यासीदाज्यं ग्रीष्म इध्मः शरद्धविः ॥
yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā devā yajñam atanvata | vasanto asyāsīd ājyaṃ grīṣma idhmaḥ śarad dhaviḥ ||
English translation:
“When the gods performed the sacrifice with Puruṣa as the offering, then Spring was its ghī, Summerthe fuel, and Autumn the oblation.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Apparently a reference to an imaginary sacrifice (mānasam)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nārāyaṇaḥ [nārāyaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): puruṣaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । पुरु॑षेण । ह॒विषा॑ । दे॒वाः । य॒ज्ञम् । अत॑न्वत । व॒स॒न्तः । अ॒स्य॒ । आ॒सी॒त् । आज्य॑म् । ग्री॒ष्मः । इ॒द्मः । श॒रत् । ह॒विः ॥
यत् । पुरुषेण । हविषा । देवाः । यज्ञम् । अतन्वत । वसन्तः । अस्य । आसीत् । आज्यम् । ग्रीष्मः । इद्मः । शरत् । हविः ॥
yat | puruṣeṇa | haviṣā | devāḥ | yajñam | atanvata | vasantaḥ | asya | āsīt | ājyam | grīṣmaḥ | idmaḥ | śarat | haviḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.90.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“man; man; Puruṣa; puṃvajra; puruṣa; servant; puruṣa [word]; assistant; soldier; soul; commoner; generation; people; doll.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“spring; vasanta [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“ghee; clarified butter; ājya.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“summer; grīṣma [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fuel.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“fall; year; śarad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”