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 1.23.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आपो॑ अ॒द्यान्व॑चारिषं॒ रसे॑न॒ सम॑गस्महि । पय॑स्वानग्न॒ आ ग॑हि॒ तं मा॒ सं सृ॑ज॒ वर्च॑सा ॥
आपो अद्यान्वचारिषं रसेन समगस्महि । पयस्वानग्न आ गहि तं मा सं सृज वर्चसा ॥
āpo adyānv acāriṣaṃ rasena sam agasmahi | payasvān agna ā gahi tam mā saṃ sṛja varcasā ||
English translation:
“I have this day entered into the waters; we have mingled with their essence; Agni, abiding in the waters, approach, and fill me, thus (bathed), with vigour.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Rasena samagasmahi: we have become associated with the essence of water, jalasareṇa saṅgatāḥ smaḥ).
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आपः॑ । अ॒द्य । अनु॑ । अ॒चा॒रि॒ष॒म् । रसे॑न । सम् । अ॒ग॒स्म॒हि॒ । पय॑स्वान् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ । तम् । मा॒ । सम् । सृ॒ज॒ । वर्च॑सा ॥
आपः । अद्य । अनु । अचारिषम् । रसेन । सम् । अगस्महि । पयस्वान् । अग्ने । आ । गहि । तम् । मा । सम् । सृज । वर्चसा ॥
āpaḥ | adya | anu | acāriṣam | rasena | sam | agasmahi | payasvān | agne | ā | gahi | tam | mā | sam | sṛja | varcasā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.23.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“mercury; juice; medicine; rasa; alchemy; liquid; Rasa; mahārasa; taste; broth; elixir; resin; rasa; essence; six; water; soup; liquid body substance; rasa; formulation; myrrh; rasa [word]; amṛta; purpose; delight; solution; milk; beverage; alcohol; sap; nectar; Rasātala.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sappy; watery; milk(a).”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“shininess; vigor; fecal matter; glare; magnificence; energy; prestige; energy; glory; luster; light; varcas [word]; glory; body waste; droppings; color.”