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 1.19.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॒ त्यं चारु॑मध्व॒रं गो॑पी॒थाय॒ प्र हू॑यसे । म॒रुद्भि॑रग्न॒ आ ग॑हि ॥
प्रति त्यं चारुमध्वरं गोपीथाय प्र हूयसे । मरुद्भिरग्न आ गहि ॥
prati tyaṃ cārum adhvaraṃ gopīthāya pra hūyase | marudbhir agna ā gahi ||

English translation:

“Earnestly are you invoked to this perfect rite, to drink the Soma juice; come, Agni, with the Maruts.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnirmarutaśca ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॑ । त्यम् । चारु॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । गो॒ऽपी॒थाय॑ । प्र । हू॒य॒से॒ । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ ॥
प्रति । त्यम् । चारुम् । अध्वरम् । गोपीथाय । प्र । हूयसे । मरुत्भिः । अग्ने । आ । गहि ॥
prati | tyam | cārum | adhvaram | go--pīthāya | pra | hūyase | marut-bhiḥ | agne | ā | gahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.19.1 English analysis of grammar]

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

tyaṃ < tyam < tya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“that.”

cārum < cāru

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”

adhvaraṃ < adhvaram < adhvara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

gopīthāya < gopītha

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“protection.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

hūyase < hvā

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

marudbhir < marudbhiḥ < marut

[noun], instrumental, plural

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

agna < agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

gahi < gam

[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.”

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