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 3.27.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ई॒ळेन्यो॑ नम॒स्य॑स्ति॒रस्तमां॑सि दर्श॒तः । सम॒ग्निरि॑ध्यते॒ वृषा॑ ॥
ईळेन्यो नमस्यस्तिरस्तमांसि दर्शतः । समग्निरिध्यते वृषा ॥
īḻenyo namasyas tiras tamāṃsi darśataḥ | sam agnir idhyate vṛṣā ||

English translation:

Agni, who is to be worshipped with praise and with prostration, the dispeller of darkness, the beautiful, the showerer (of benefits) is kindled.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvāmitraḥ [viśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ई॒ळेन्यः॑ । न॒म॒स्यः॑ । ति॒रः । तमां॑सि । द॒र्श॒तः । सम् । अ॒ग्निः । इ॒ध्य॒ते॒ । वृषा॑ ॥
ईळेन्यः । नमस्यः । तिरः । तमांसि । दर्शतः । सम् । अग्निः । इध्यते । वृषा ॥
īḷenyaḥ | namasyaḥ | tiraḥ | tamāṃsi | darśataḥ | sam | agniḥ | idhyate | vṛṣā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.27.13 English analysis of grammar]

īḍenyo < īḍenyaḥ < īḍ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“praise; invite; raise.”

namasyas < namasyaḥ < namasya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“honorable; august; respectful; esteemed.”

tiras

[adverb]

“tiras [word]; away; secretly.”

tamāṃsi < tamas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”

darśataḥ < darśata

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beautiful; visible; beautiful.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

idhyate < indh

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

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