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 1.142.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
घृ॒तव॑न्त॒मुप॑ मासि॒ मधु॑मन्तं तनूनपात् । य॒ज्ञं विप्र॑स्य॒ माव॑तः शशमा॒नस्य॑ दा॒शुष॑: ॥
घृतवन्तमुप मासि मधुमन्तं तनूनपात् । यज्ञं विप्रस्य मावतः शशमानस्य दाशुषः ॥
ghṛtavantam upa māsi madhumantaṃ tanūnapāt | yajñaṃ viprasya māvataḥ śaśamānasya dāśuṣaḥ ||
English translation:
“Tanūnapāt, be present at this well-flavoured and cutter-fed sacrifice, (the offering) of a pious offerer (of oblations); glorifying you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
घृ॒तऽव॑न्तम् । उप॑ । मा॒सि॒ । मधु॑ऽमन्तम् । त॒नू॒ऽन॒पा॒त् । य॒ज्ञम् । विप्र॑स्य । माऽव॑तः । श॒श॒मा॒नस्य॑ । दा॒शुषः॑ ॥
घृतवन्तम् । उप । मासि । मधुमन्तम् । तनूनपात् । यज्ञम् । विप्रस्य । मावतः । शशमानस्य । दाशुषः ॥
ghṛta-vantam | upa | māsi | madhu-mantam | tanū-napāt | yajñam | viprasya | māvataḥ | śaśamānasya | dāśuṣaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.142.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“buttery.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“calm; go out; end; die; pacify; heal; labor; make peace; rest.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“sacrifice; give.”