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 1.19.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये शु॒भ्रा घो॒रव॑र्पसः सुक्ष॒त्रासो॑ रि॒शाद॑सः । म॒रुद्भि॑रग्न॒ आ ग॑हि ॥
ये शुभ्रा घोरवर्पसः सुक्षत्रासो रिशादसः । मरुद्भिरग्न आ गहि ॥
ye śubhrā ghoravarpasaḥ sukṣatrāso riśādasaḥ | marudbhir agna ā gahi ||
English translation:
“Who are brilliant, of terrific forms, who are possessors of great wealth, and are devourers of the malevolent; 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]:
ये । शु॒भ्राः । घो॒रऽव॑र्पसः । सु॒ऽक्ष॒त्रासः॑ । रि॒शाद॑सः । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ ॥
ये । शुभ्राः । घोरवर्पसः । सुक्षत्रासः । रिशादसः । मरुत्भिः । अग्ने । आ । गहि ॥
ye | śubhrāḥ | ghora-varpasaḥ | su-kṣatrāsaḥ | riśādasaḥ | marut-bhiḥ | agne | ā | gahi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.19.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“white; beautiful; attractive; śubhra [word]; light.”
[noun]
“awful; dangerous; terrific; intense; dreadful.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“form; look; disguise.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Kshatriya; dominion; Kshatriya; kṣatra [word]; power.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“superior; superior; proud.”
[noun], instrumental, plural
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[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.”