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 1.12.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒विम॒ग्निमुप॑ स्तुहि स॒त्यध॑र्माणमध्व॒रे । दे॒वम॑मीव॒चात॑नम् ॥
कविमग्निमुप स्तुहि सत्यधर्माणमध्वरे । देवममीवचातनम् ॥
kavim agnim upa stuhi satyadharmāṇam adhvare | devam amīvacātanam ||
English translation:
“Praise in the sacrifice, Agni, be the protector of that offerr of oblations who worships you, the messenger of the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒विम् । अ॒ग्निम् । उप॑ । स्तु॒हि॒ । स॒त्यऽध॑र्माणम् । अ॒ध्व॒रे । दे॒वम् । अ॒मी॒व॒ऽचात॑नम् ॥
कविम् । अग्निम् । उप । स्तुहि । सत्यधर्माणम् । अध्वरे । देवम् । अमीवचातनम् ॥
kavim | agnim | upa | stuhi | satya-dharmāṇam | adhvare | devam | amīva-cātanam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.12.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun]
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], neuter
“disease.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“removing.”