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 7.40.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्य दे॒वस्य॑ मी॒ळ्हुषो॑ व॒या विष्णो॑रे॒षस्य॑ प्रभृ॒थे ह॒विर्भि॑: । वि॒दे हि रु॒द्रो रु॒द्रियं॑ महि॒त्वं या॑सि॒ष्टं व॒र्तिर॑श्विना॒विरा॑वत् ॥
अस्य देवस्य मीळ्हुषो वया विष्णोरेषस्य प्रभृथे हविर्भिः । विदे हि रुद्रो रुद्रियं महित्वं यासिष्टं वर्तिरश्विनाविरावत् ॥
asya devasya mīḻhuṣo vayā viṣṇor eṣasya prabhṛthe havirbhiḥ | vide hi rudro rudriyam mahitvaṃ yāsiṣṭaṃ vartir aśvināv irāvat ||
English translation:
“I propitiate with oblations the ramifications of that divine attainable Viṣṇu, the showerer of benefits;Rudra, bestow upon us the magnificence of his nature; the Aśvins have come to our dwelling abond with(sacrificial) food.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ramifications: vayāḥ, branches; all other deities, as it were, branches of Viṣṇu: anye devāhśākhā iva bhavanti; citing a text: viṣṇu is all divinities, viṣṇuḥ sarā devatā iti śruteḥ: viṣnuḥ sarvādevatāḥ (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 1.1)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्य । दे॒वस्य॑ । मी॒ळ्हुषः॑ । व॒याः । विष्णोः॑ । ए॒षस्य॑ । प्र॒ऽभृ॒थे । ह॒विःऽभिः॑ । वि॒दे । हि । रु॒द्रः । रु॒द्रिय॑म् । म॒हि॒ऽत्वम् । या॒सि॒ष्टम् । व॒र्तिः । अ॒श्वि॒नौ॒ । इरा॑ऽवत् ॥
अस्य । देवस्य । मीळ्हुषः । वयाः । विष्णोः । एषस्य । प्रभृथे । हविःभिः । विदे । हि । रुद्रः । रुद्रियम् । महित्वम् । यासिष्टम् । वर्तिः । अश्विनौ । इरावत् ॥
asya | devasya | mīḷhuṣaḥ | vayāḥ | viṣṇoḥ | eṣasya | pra-bhṛthe | haviḥ-bhiḥ | vide | hi | rudraḥ | rudriyam | mahi-tvam | yāsiṣṭam | vartiḥ | aśvinau | irāvat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.40.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“make; moisten.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“hurrying.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“greatness.”
[verb], dual, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“tour.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“enjoyable.”