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 1.19.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य ई॒ङ्खय॑न्ति॒ पर्व॑तान्ति॒रः स॑मु॒द्रम॑र्ण॒वम् । म॒रुद्भि॑रग्न॒ आ ग॑हि ॥
य ईङ्खयन्ति पर्वतान्तिरः समुद्रमर्णवम् । मरुद्भिरग्न आ गहि ॥
ya īṅkhayanti parvatān tiraḥ samudram arṇavam | marudbhir agna ā gahi ||

English translation:

“Who scatter the clouds, and agitate the sea (with waves): 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 । ई॒ङ्खय॑न्ति । पर्व॑तान् । ति॒रः । स॒मु॒द्रम् । अ॒र्ण॒वम् । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ ॥
ये । ईङ्खयन्ति । पर्वतान् । तिरः । समुद्रम् । अर्णवम् । मरुत्भिः । अग्ने । आ । गहि ॥
ye | īṅkhayanti | parvatān | tiraḥ | samudram | arṇavam | marut-bhiḥ | agne | ā | gahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.19.7 English analysis of grammar]

ya < ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

īṅkhayanti < īṅkhay < √īṅkh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

parvatān < parvata

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

tiraḥ < tiras

[adverb]

“tiras [word]; away; secretly.”

samudram < samudra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

arṇavam < arṇava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“ocean; sea; four.”

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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