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 4.12.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्त्वाम॑ग्न इ॒नध॑ते य॒तस्रु॒क्त्रिस्ते॒ अन्नं॑ कृ॒णव॒त्सस्मि॒न्नह॑न् । स सु द्यु॒म्नैर॒भ्य॑स्तु प्र॒सक्ष॒त्तव॒ क्रत्वा॑ जातवेदश्चिकि॒त्वान् ॥
यस्त्वामग्न इनधते यतस्रुक्त्रिस्ते अन्नं कृणवत्सस्मिन्नहन् । स सु द्युम्नैरभ्यस्तु प्रसक्षत्तव क्रत्वा जातवेदश्चिकित्वान् ॥
yas tvām agna inadhate yatasruk tris te annaṃ kṛṇavat sasminn ahan | sa su dyumnair abhy astu prasakṣat tava kratvā jātavedaś cikitvān ||
English translation:
“May he who with uplifted ladle kindles you, and thrice every day presents to you the (sacrificial) food, knowing your glory, Jātavedas, to be invigorated by the act, surpass (all others) in riches.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । त्वाम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । इ॒नध॑ते । य॒तऽस्रु॑क् । त्रिः । ते॒ । अन्न॑म् । कृ॒णव॑त् । सस्मि॑न् । अह॑न् । सः । सु । द्यु॒म्नैः । अ॒भि । अ॒स्तु॒ । प्र॒ऽसक्ष॑त् । तव॑ । क्रत्वा॑ । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । चि॒कि॒त्वान् ॥
यः । त्वाम् । अग्ने । इनधते । यतस्रुक् । त्रिः । ते । अन्नम् । कृणवत् । सस्मिन् । अहन् । सः । सु । द्युम्नैः । अभि । अस्तु । प्रसक्षत् । तव । क्रत्वा । जातवेदः । चिकित्वान् ॥
yaḥ | tvām | agne | inadhate | yata-sruk | triḥ | te | annam | kṛṇavat | sasmin | ahan | saḥ | su | dyumnaiḥ | abhi | astu | pra-sakṣat | tava | kratvā | jāta-vedaḥ | cikitvān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.12.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[verb noun]
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Sruc.”
[adverb]
“thrice; tris [word].”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“magnificence.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“overcome; endure; suppress.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”