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 1.14.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ त्वा॒ कण्वा॑ अहूषत गृ॒णन्ति॑ विप्र ते॒ धिय॑: । दे॒वेभि॑रग्न॒ आ ग॑हि ॥
आ त्वा कण्वा अहूषत गृणन्ति विप्र ते धियः । देवेभिरग्न आ गहि ॥
ā tvā kaṇvā ahūṣata gṛṇanti vipra te dhiyaḥ | devebhir agna ā gahi ||
English translation:
“The kaṇvās (=medhāvinaḥ or sages; ṛtvija or officiating priests) invoke you, sapient Agni, and extol your deeds; come, Agni, Agni, with the gods.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Kaṇvā: descendants or disciples of ṛṣi kaṇva; here, interpreted as sages (medhāvinaḥ) or officiating priests (ṛtvijā)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । त्वा॒ । कण्वाः॑ । अ॒हू॒ष॒त॒ । गृ॒णन्ति॑ । वि॒प्र॒ । ते॒ । धियः॑ । दे॒वेभिः॑ अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ ॥
आ । त्वा । कण्वाः । अहूषत । गृणन्ति । विप्र । ते । धियः । देवेभिः अग्ने । आ । गहि ॥
ā | tvā | kaṇvāḥ | ahūṣata | gṛṇanti | vipra | te | dhiyaḥ | devebhiḥ agne | ā | gahi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.14.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“praise.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[noun], instrumental, 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.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”