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 1.12.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम॑ग्निं॒ हवी॑मभि॒: सदा॑ हवन्त वि॒श्पति॑म् । ह॒व्य॒वाहं॑ पुरुप्रि॒यम् ॥
अग्निमग्निं हवीमभिः सदा हवन्त विश्पतिम् । हव्यवाहं पुरुप्रियम् ॥
agnim-agniṃ havīmabhiḥ sadā havanta viśpatim | havyavāham purupriyam ||
English translation:
“(The offerers of oblations) invoke with their invocations, Agni, Agni, the lord of men, the bearer of offerings, the beloved of many.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Viśpati, from vis' (prajāḥ) = progeny, people
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम्ऽअ॑ग्निम् । हवी॑मऽभिः । सदा॑ । ह॒व॒न्त॒ । वि॒श्पति॑म् । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् । पु॒रु॒ऽप्रि॒यम् ॥
अग्निम्अग्निम् । हवीमभिः । सदा । हवन्त । विश्पतिम् । हव्यवाहम् । पुरुप्रियम् ॥
agnim-agnim | havīma-bhiḥ | sadā | havanta | viśpatim | havya-vāham | puru-priyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.12.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“call; invocation.”
[adverb]
“always; continually; always; perpetually.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“overlord; head.”
[noun], neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“transporting; flowing; removing.”
[noun]
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”