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 10.93.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒ज्ञेय॑ज्ञे॒ स मर्त्यो॑ दे॒वान्त्स॑पर्यति । यः सु॒म्नैर्दी॑र्घ॒श्रुत्त॑म आ॒विवा॑सत्येनान् ॥
यज्ञेयज्ञे स मर्त्यो देवान्त्सपर्यति । यः सुम्नैर्दीर्घश्रुत्तम आविवासत्येनान् ॥
yajñe-yajñe sa martyo devān saparyati | yaḥ sumnair dīrghaśruttama āvivāsaty enān ||

English translation:

“That man plural ases the gods at every sacrifice who, being most versed in protracted texts, worshipsthem with gratifying (oblations).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tānvaḥ pārthyaḥ [tānva pārthya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārcyanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒ज्ञेऽय॑ज्ञे । सः । मर्त्यः॑ । दे॒वान् । स॒प॒र्य॒ति॒ । यः । सु॒म्नैः । दी॒र्घ॒श्रुत्ऽत॑मः । आ॒ऽविवा॑साति । ए॒ना॒न् ॥
यज्ञेयज्ञे । सः । मर्त्यः । देवान् । सपर्यति । यः । सुम्नैः । दीर्घश्रुत्तमः । आविवासाति । एनान् ॥
yajñe--yajñe | saḥ | martyaḥ | devān | saparyati | yaḥ | sumnaiḥ | dīrghaśrut-tamaḥ | āvivāsāti | enān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.93.2 English analysis of grammar]

yajñe < yajña

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

yajñe < yajña

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

sa < tad

[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.”

martyo < martyaḥ < martya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

devān < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

saparyati < sapary

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“worship.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sumnair < sumnaiḥ < sumna

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”

dīrghaśruttama < dīrghaśruttamaḥ < dīrghaśruttama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

vivāsaty < vivāsati < vivās < √van

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“invite; endeavor; try for.”

enān < enad

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

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