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 1.1.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः पूर्वे॑भि॒ॠषि॑भि॒रीड्यो॒ नूत॑नैरु॒त । स दे॒वाँ एह व॑क्षति ॥
अग्निः पूर्वेभिॠषिभिरीड्यो नूतनैरुत । स देवाँ एह वक्षति ॥
agniḥ pūrvebhir ṛṣibhir īḍyo nūtanair uta | sa devām̐ eha vakṣati ||
English translation:
“May that Agni who is to be celebrated by both ancient and modern sages conduct the gods hither.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Pūrva and nūtana, former and recent are terms appled to ṛṣis or sages; former ṛṣis are: Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras; they are also termed prajāpatis (Viṣṇu Purāṇa)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyānicṛdgāyatrī;;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । पूर्वे॑भिः । ऋषि॑ऽभिः । ईड्यः॑ । नूत॑नैः । उ॒त । सः । दे॒वान् । आ । इ॒ह । व॒क्ष॒ति॒ ॥
अग्निः । पूर्वेभिः । ऋषिभिः । ईड्यः । नूतनैः । उत । सः । देवान् । आ । इह । वक्षति ॥
agniḥ | pūrvebhiḥ | ṛṣi-bhiḥ | īḍyaḥ | nūtanaiḥ | uta | saḥ | devān | ā | iha | vakṣati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.1.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“praise; invite; raise.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“new; fresh; recent; contemporary; present(a); first.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”