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 10.118.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जर॑माण॒: समि॑ध्यसे दे॒वेभ्यो॑ हव्यवाहन । तं त्वा॑ हवन्त॒ मर्त्या॑: ॥
जरमाणः समिध्यसे देवेभ्यो हव्यवाहन । तं त्वा हवन्त मर्त्याः ॥
jaramāṇaḥ sam idhyase devebhyo havyavāhana | taṃ tvā havanta martyāḥ ||

English translation:

“Bearer of oblations, glorified by the worshippers, you are kindled for the gods; as such do mortalsinvoke you.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): urukṣaya āmahīyavaḥ [urukṣaya āmahīyava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जर॑माणः । सम् । इ॒ध्य॒से॒ । दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवा॒ह॒न॒ । तम् । त्वा॒ । ह॒व॒न्त॒ । मर्त्याः॑ ॥
जरमाणः । सम् । इध्यसे । देवेभ्यः । हव्यवाहन । तम् । त्वा । हवन्त । मर्त्याः ॥
jaramāṇaḥ | sam | idhyase | devebhyaḥ | havya-vāhana | tam | tvā | havanta | martyāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.118.5 English analysis of grammar]

jaramāṇaḥ < jṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sing.”

sam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

idhyase < indh

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”

devebhyo < devebhyaḥ < deva

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

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

havyavāhana < havya

[noun], neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

havyavāhana < vāhana

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“bringing; carrying.”

taṃ < tam < tad

[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.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

havanta < hvā

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

martyāḥ < martya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

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