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 1.2.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वाय॑ उ॒क्थेभि॑र्जरन्ते॒ त्वामच्छा॑ जरि॒तार॑: । सु॒तसो॑मा अह॒र्विद॑: ॥
वाय उक्थेभिर्जरन्ते त्वामच्छा जरितारः । सुतसोमा अहर्विदः ॥
vāya ukthebhir jarante tvām acchā jaritāraḥ | sutasomā aharvidaḥ ||

English translation:

Vāyu, your praisers praise you with holy praises having poured out Soma juice, and knowing the (fit) season.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

With ukthas = with śastras (hymns of praise recited, not chanted or sung

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyānicṛdgāyatrī;;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वायो॒ इति॑ । उ॒क्थेभिः॑ । ज॒र॒न्ते॒ । त्वाम् । अच्छ॑ । ज॒रि॒तारः॑ । सु॒तऽसो॑माः । अ॒हः॒ऽविदः॑ ॥
वायो इति । उक्थेभिः । जरन्ते । त्वाम् । अच्छ । जरितारः । सुतसोमाः । अहःविदः ॥
vāyo iti | ukthebhiḥ | jarante | tvām | accha | jaritāraḥ | suta-somāḥ | ahaḥ-vidaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.2.2 English analysis of grammar]

vāya < vāyo < vāyu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

ukthebhir < ukthebhiḥ < uktha

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

jarante < jṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“sing.”

tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

jaritāraḥ < jaritṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“singer.”

sutasomā < suta < su

[verb noun]

“press out; su.”

sutasomā < somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

aharvidaḥ < ahar

[noun], neuter

“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”

aharvidaḥ < vidaḥ < vid

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“conversant(p); aware(p); enlightened; understanding.”

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