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 1.12.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॒ विश्वा॑भिर्दे॒वहू॑तिभिः । इ॒मं स्तोमं॑ जुषस्व नः ॥
अग्ने शुक्रेण शोचिषा विश्वाभिर्देवहूतिभिः । इमं स्तोमं जुषस्व नः ॥
agne śukreṇa śociṣā viśvābhir devahūtibhiḥ | imaṃ stomaṃ juṣasva naḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni, shining with pure radiance, and charged with all the invocations of the gods, be plural ased by this our praise.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । शु॒क्रेण॑ । शो॒चिषा॑ । विश्वा॑भिः । दे॒वहू॑तिऽभिः । इ॒मम् । स्तोम॑म् । जु॒ष॒स्व॒ । नः॒ ॥
अग्ने । शुक्रेण । शोचिषा । विश्वाभिः । देवहूतिभिः । इमम् । स्तोमम् । जुषस्व । नः ॥
agne | śukreṇa | śociṣā | viśvābhiḥ | devahūti-bhiḥ | imam | stomam | juṣasva | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.12.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“invocation.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”