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 10.90.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तस्मा॑द्य॒ज्ञात्स॑र्व॒हुत॒ ऋच॒: सामा॑नि जज्ञिरे । छन्दां॑सि जज्ञिरे॒ तस्मा॒द्यजु॒स्तस्मा॑दजायत ॥
तस्माद्यज्ञात्सर्वहुत ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे । छन्दांसि जज्ञिरे तस्माद्यजुस्तस्मादजायत ॥
tasmād yajñāt sarvahuta ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajñire | chandāṃsi jajñire tasmād yajus tasmād ajāyata ||
English translation:
“From that victim, in whom the universal oblation was offered, the ṛccas and sāmans were produced;from him the metres were born; from him the yajus. was born.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Tasmād yajñāt = from that simple portionsurnamed the universal sacrifice, sarvahūtaḥ, meaning Puruṣa as the world;
Yajña = yajñasādhana, thematerial of sacrifice, i.e., the victim. Puruṣa is the spiritual cause and effect of material creation; it is from him,not from the ideal or real sacrifice, that all things originate
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nārāyaṇaḥ [nārāyaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): puruṣaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तस्मा॑त् । य॒ज्ञात् । स॒र्व॒ऽहुतः॑ । ऋचः॑ । सामा॑नि । ज॒ज्ञि॒रे॒ । छन्दां॑सि । ज॒ज्ञि॒रे॒ । तस्मा॑त् । यजुः॑ । तस्मा॑त् । अ॒जा॒य॒त॒ ॥
तस्मात् । यज्ञात् । सर्वहुतः । ऋचः । सामानि । जज्ञिरे । छन्दांसि । जज्ञिरे । तस्मात् । यजुः । तस्मात् । अजायत ॥
tasmāt | yajñāt | sarva-hutaḥ | ṛcaḥ | sāmāni | jajñire | chandāṃsi | jajñire | tasmāt | yajuḥ | tasmāt | ajāyata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.90.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], ablative, 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], ablative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Rig-Veda; Mantra; verse; ṛc [word]; ṛc.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Sāman; Sama-Veda; song; sāman [word]; hymn.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Veda; meter; chandas [word]; hymn; meter; meter.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], ablative, 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, neuter
“Yajur-Veda; Yajus; prayer.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”