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 1.13.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सुस॑मिद्धो न॒ आ व॑ह दे॒वाँ अ॑ग्ने ह॒विष्म॑ते । होत॑: पावक॒ यक्षि॑ च ॥
सुसमिद्धो न आ वह देवाँ अग्ने हविष्मते । होतः पावक यक्षि च ॥
susamiddho na ā vaha devām̐ agne haviṣmate | hotaḥ pāvaka yakṣi ca ||
English translation:
“Agni, who are Susamiddha, invoker, purifier, bring hither the gods to the offerers of our oblation, and do your sacrifice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The Āpris are twelve including a name of fire, naraśansa. Su = well;
Sam = completely;
Iddha = kindled; hence, Susamiddha = the thoroughly kindled
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): idhmaḥ samidhdo vā'gniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सुऽस॑मिद्धः । नः॒ । आ । व॒ह॒ । दे॒वान् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ह॒विष्म॑ते । होत॒रिति॑ । पा॒व॒क॒ । यक्षि॑ । च॒ ॥
सुसमिद्धः । नः । आ । वह । देवान् । अग्ने । हविष्मते । होतरिति । पावक । यक्षि । च ॥
su-samiddhaḥ | naḥ | ā | vaha | devān | agne | haviṣmate | hotariti | pāvaka | yakṣi | ca
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.13.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“sacrificing.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; vahni.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”