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 2.5.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
होता॑जनिष्ट॒ चेत॑नः पि॒ता पि॒तृभ्य॑ ऊ॒तये॑ । प्र॒यक्ष॒ञ्जेन्यं॒ वसु॑ श॒केम॑ वा॒जिनो॒ यम॑म् ॥
होताजनिष्ट चेतनः पिता पितृभ्य ऊतये । प्रयक्षञ्जेन्यं वसु शकेम वाजिनो यमम् ॥
hotājaniṣṭa cetanaḥ pitā pitṛbhya ūtaye | prayakṣañ jenyaṃ vasu śakema vājino yamam ||
English translation:
“An invoker (of the gods), our instrumental uctor and protector has been born for the preservation of our patrons; may we, possessed of (sacrificial) food, be able to acquire worshipful, conquerable, and manageable riches.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
An invoker of the gods: hotā; in this and following hymn, Agni is addressed, identified with or person nified by, several of the individual priests employed at sacrifices; for the preservation of our patrons: pitṛbhyaḥ ūtaye, for protection to the pitṛs; pitr. = pālaka, or yajamāna, the patron or instrumental tutor of the sacrifice
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): somāhutirbhārgavaḥ [somāhutirbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
होता॑ । अ॒ज॒नि॒ष्ट॒ । चेत॑नः । पि॒ता । पि॒तृऽभ्यः॑ । ऊ॒तये॑ । प्र॒ऽयक्ष॑न् । जेन्य॑म् । वसु॑ । श॒केम॑ । वा॒जिनः॑ । यम॑म् ॥
होता । अजनिष्ट । चेतनः । पिता । पितृभ्यः । ऊतये । प्रयक्षन् । जेन्यम् । वसु । शकेम । वाजिनः । यमम् ॥
hotā | ajaniṣṭa | cetanaḥ | pitā | pitṛ-bhyaḥ | ūtaye | pra-yakṣan | jenyam | vasu | śakema | vājinaḥ | yamam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.5.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“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, singular, masculine
“noteworthy; remarkable; memorable; conspicuous; conscious; sentient.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“noble.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“can; invigorate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[verb noun]
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”