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 10.122.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जु॒षा॒णो अ॑ग्ने॒ प्रति॑ हर्य मे॒ वचो॒ विश्वा॑नि वि॒द्वान्व॒युना॑नि सुक्रतो । घृत॑निर्णि॒ग्ब्रह्म॑णे गा॒तुमेर॑य॒ तव॑ दे॒वा अ॑जनय॒न्ननु॑ व्र॒तम् ॥
जुषाणो अग्ने प्रति हर्य मे वचो विश्वानि विद्वान्वयुनानि सुक्रतो । घृतनिर्णिग्ब्रह्मणे गातुमेरय तव देवा अजनयन्ननु व्रतम् ॥
juṣāṇo agne prati harya me vaco viśvāni vidvān vayunāni sukrato | ghṛtanirṇig brahmaṇe gātum eraya tava devā ajanayann anu vratam ||

English translation:

“Accept, Agni, being well plural ased, my praises, author of great deeds, (you are) cognizant of all objectsof knowledge; anointed with butter, stimulate the movements of the Brāhmaṇa; the gods produce (rewards)after your worship.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): citramahā vāsiṣṭhaḥ [citramahā vāsiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जु॒षा॒णः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । प्रति॑ । ह॒र्य॒ । मे॒ । वचः॑ । विश्वा॑नि । वि॒द्वान् । व॒युना॑नि । सु॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ सुऽक्रतो । घृत॑ऽनिर्निक् । ब्रह्म॑णे । गा॒तुम् । आ । ई॒र॒य॒ । तव॑ । दे॒वाः । अ॒ज॒न॒य॒न् । अनु॑ । व्र॒तम् ॥
जुषाणः । अग्ने । प्रति । हर्य । मे । वचः । विश्वानि । विद्वान् । वयुनानि । सुक्रतो इति सुक्रतो । घृतनिर्निक् । ब्रह्मणे । गातुम् । आ । ईरय । तव । देवाः । अजनयन् । अनु । व्रतम् ॥
juṣāṇaḥ | agne | prati | harya | me | vacaḥ | viśvāni | vidvān | vayunāni | sukrato itisu-krato | ghṛta-nirnik | brahmaṇe | gātum | ā | īraya | tava | devāḥ | ajanayan | anu | vratam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.122.2 English analysis of grammar]

juṣāṇo < juṣāṇaḥ < juṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

harya < hary

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“delight.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

vaco < vacaḥ < vacas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”

viśvāni < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

vidvān < vid

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

vayunāni < vayuna

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“convention; custom; means.”

sukrato < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukrato < krato < kratu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

ghṛtanirṇig < ghṛta

[noun], neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ghṛtanirṇig < nirṇij

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“attire; garment.”

brahmaṇe < brahman

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

gātum <

[verb noun]

“sing; praise; jap; recite; describe.”

eraya < eray < √īr

[verb], singular, Present imperative

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

ajanayann < ajanayan < janay < √jan

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

vratam < vrata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

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