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 1.19.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये नाक॒स्याधि॑ रोच॒ने दि॒वि दे॒वास॒ आस॑ते । म॒रुद्भि॑रग्न॒ आ ग॑हि ॥
ये नाकस्याधि रोचने दिवि देवास आसते । मरुद्भिरग्न आ गहि ॥
ye nākasyādhi rocane divi devāsa āsate | marudbhir agna ā gahi ||

English translation:

“Who are divinities abiding in the radiant heaven above the sun; come, Agni with the Maruts.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Divi-dyuloke = in the heaven; nākasya adhi = sūryasya upari, above the sun;

Nāka = sun, sky or heaven

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 । नाक॑स्य । अधि॑ । रो॒च॒ने । दि॒वि । दे॒वासः । आस॑ते । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ ॥
ये । नाकस्य । अधि । रोचने । दिवि । देवासः । आसते । मरुत्भिः । अग्ने । आ । गहि ॥
ye | nākasya | adhi | rocane | divi | devāsaḥ | āsate | marut-bhiḥ | agne | ā | gahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.19.6 English analysis of grammar]

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

nākasyādhi < nākasya < nāka

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“sky; celestial sphere; Svarga; nāka [word].”

nākasyādhi < adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

rocane < rocana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“light; celestial sphere.”

divi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

devāsa < devāsaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

āsate < ās

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“sit; stay; sit down; dwell; lie; lie; exist.”

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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