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 1.189.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि घ॒ त्वावाँ॑ ऋतजात यंसद्गृणा॒नो अ॑ग्ने त॒न्वे॒३॒॑ वरू॑थम् । विश्वा॑द्रिरि॒क्षोरु॒त वा॑ निनि॒त्सोर॑भि॒ह्रुता॒मसि॒ हि दे॑व वि॒ष्पट् ॥
वि घ त्वावाँ ऋतजात यंसद्गृणानो अग्ने तन्वे वरूथम् । विश्वाद्रिरिक्षोरुत वा निनित्सोरभिह्रुतामसि हि देव विष्पट् ॥
vi gha tvāvām̐ ṛtajāta yaṃsad gṛṇāno agne tanve varūtham | viśvād ririkṣor uta vā ninitsor abhihrutām asi hi deva viṣpaṭ ||
English translation:
“Agni, born for sacrifice, (a man) praising you, who are excellent, for (the sake of cherishing) his body, becomes such as you are; exempts himself from all who are inclined to harm or revile him; for you, Agni, are the especial adversary of those who do wrong.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyaḥ [agastya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि । घ॒ । त्वावा॑न् । ऋ॒त॒ऽजा॒त॒ । यं॒स॒त् । गृ॒ण॒नः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । त॒न्वे॑ । वरू॑थम् । विश्वा॑त् । रि॒रि॒क्षोः । उ॒त । वा॒ । नि॒नि॒त्सोः । अ॒भि॒ऽह्रुता॑म् । असि॑ । हि । दे॒व॒ । वि॒ष्पट् ॥
वि । घ । त्वावान् । ऋतजात । यंसत् । गृणनः । अग्ने । तन्वे । वरूथम् । विश्वात् । रिरिक्षोः । उत । वा । निनित्सोः । अभिह्रुताम् । असि । हि । देव । विष्पट् ॥
vi | gha | tvāvān | ṛta-jāta | yaṃsat | gṛṇanaḥ | agne | tanve | varūtham | viśvāt | ri rikṣoḥ | uta | vā | ninitsoḥ | abhi-hrutām | asi | hi | deva | viṣpaṭ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.189.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“praise.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“defense; protective covering.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine