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 3.29.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मन्थ॑ता नरः क॒विमद्व॑यन्तं॒ प्रचे॑तसम॒मृतं॑ सु॒प्रती॑कम् । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ के॒तुं प्र॑थ॒मं पु॒रस्ता॑द॒ग्निं न॑रो जनयता सु॒शेव॑म् ॥
मन्थता नरः कविमद्वयन्तं प्रचेतसममृतं सुप्रतीकम् । यज्ञस्य केतुं प्रथमं पुरस्तादग्निं नरो जनयता सुशेवम् ॥
manthatā naraḥ kavim advayantam pracetasam amṛtaṃ supratīkam | yajñasya ketum prathamam purastād agniṃ naro janayatā suśevam ||
English translation:
“Conductors of the rite, produce by attrition the far-seeing, single-minded, intelligent, immortal, radiant-limbed Agni; genitive rate him, leaders (of the solemnity), in the first plural ce the chief standard of the sacrifice, who is the source of felicity.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛtvija'gnirvā ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मन्थ॑त । न॒रः॒ । क॒विम् । अद्व॑यन्तम् । प्रऽचे॑तसम् । अ॒मृत॑म् । सु॒ऽप्रती॑कम् । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । के॒तुम् । प्र॒थ॒मम् । पु॒रस्ता॑त् । अ॒ग्निम् । न॒रः॒ । ज॒न॒य॒त॒ । सु॒ऽशेव॑म् ॥
मन्थत । नरः । कविम् । अद्वयन्तम् । प्रचेतसम् । अमृतम् । सुप्रतीकम् । यज्ञस्य । केतुम् । प्रथमम् । पुरस्तात् । अग्निम् । नरः । जनयत । सुशेवम् ॥
manthata | naraḥ | kavim | advayantam | pra-cetasam | amṛtam | su-pratīkam | yajñasya | ketum | prathamam | purastāt | agnim | naraḥ | janayata | su-śevam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.29.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“churn; knead; trample; full; stir; crush.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“intelligent; mindful; attentive; wise; apt; observant.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“face; surface.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[adverb]
“ahead; eastward; earlier; above; above.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friendly; favorable; dear.”