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 1.13.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ सु॒खत॑मे॒ रथे॑ दे॒वाँ ई॑ळि॒त आ व॑ह । असि॒ होता॒ मनु॑र्हितः ॥
अग्ने सुखतमे रथे देवाँ ईळित आ वह । असि होता मनुर्हितः ॥
agne sukhatame rathe devām̐ īḻita ā vaha | asi hotā manurhitaḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni, (who are) Īḷita (= worshipped), bring hither the gods in an easy-moving chariot, for you are the invoker instrumental tuted by men.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Īḷita, stutaḥ, the worshipped; from īḷa, to adore, to praise
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): iḷa:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । सु॒खऽत॑मे । रथे॑ । दे॒वान् । इ॒ळि॒तः । आ । व॒ह॒ । असि॑ । होता॑ । मनुः॑ऽहितः ॥
अग्ने । सुखतमे । रथे । देवान् । इळितः । आ । वह । असि । होता । मनुःहितः ॥
agne | sukha-tame | rathe | devān | iḷitaḥ | ā | vaha | asi | hotā | manuḥ-hitaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.13.4 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], locative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“praise; invite; raise.”
[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.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], masculine
“Manu; man.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”