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 1.31.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम॑ग्ने॒ यज्य॑वे पा॒युरन्त॑रोऽनिष॒ङ्गाय॑ चतुर॒क्ष इ॑ध्यसे । यो रा॒तह॑व्योऽवृ॒काय॒ धाय॑से की॒रेश्चि॒न्मन्त्रं॒ मन॑सा व॒नोषि॒ तम् ॥
त्वमग्ने यज्यवे पायुरन्तरोऽनिषङ्गाय चतुरक्ष इध्यसे । यो रातहव्योऽवृकाय धायसे कीरेश्चिन्मन्त्रं मनसा वनोषि तम् ॥
tvam agne yajyave pāyur antaro 'niṣaṅgāya caturakṣa idhyase | yo rātahavyo 'vṛkāya dhāyase kīreś cin mantram manasā vanoṣi tam ||
English translation:
“Your, four-eyed Agni, blaze as the protector of the worshipper, who are at hand for the (security of the) uninterrupted (rite); you cherish in your mind the prayer of your adorer, who offers the oblation to you, the harmless, the benevolent.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Four-eyed Agni: illuminating the four cardinal points
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । यज्य॑वे । पा॒युः । अन्त॑रः । अ॒नि॒ष॒ङ्गाय॑ । च॒तुः॒ऽअ॒क्षः । इ॒ध्य॒से॒ । यः । रा॒तऽह॑व्यः । अ॒वृ॒काय॑ । धाय॑से । की॒रेः । चि॒त् । मन्त्र॑म् । मन॑सा । व॒नोषि॑ । तम् ॥
त्वम् । अग्ने । यज्यवे । पायुः । अन्तरः । अनिषङ्गाय । चतुःअक्षः । इध्यसे । यः । रातहव्यः । अवृकाय । धायसे । कीरेः । चित् । मन्त्रम् । मनसा । वनोषि । तम् ॥
tvam | agne | yajyave | pāyuḥ | antaraḥ | aniṣaṅgāya | catuḥ-akṣaḥ | idhyase | yaḥ | rāta-havyaḥ | avṛkāya | dhāyase | kīreḥ | cit | mantram | manasā | vanoṣi | tam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.31.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“worshiping.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“guard; pāyu [word]; Pāyu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“another(a); other; interior; different; near; intermediate; following.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[noun]
“four; catur [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“eye; akṣa [word]; hole.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb noun]
“give; impart.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“safety.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“pauper.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mantra; Mantra; consultation; advice; consultation; mantra [word]; speech; plan.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[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.”