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 1.36.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सं सी॑दस्व म॒हाँ अ॑सि॒ शोच॑स्व देव॒वीत॑मः । वि धू॒मम॑ग्ने अरु॒षं मि॑येध्य सृ॒ज प्र॑शस्त दर्श॒तम् ॥
सं सीदस्व महाँ असि शोचस्व देववीतमः । वि धूममग्ने अरुषं मियेध्य सृज प्रशस्त दर्शतम् ॥
saṃ sīdasva mahām̐ asi śocasva devavītamaḥ | vi dhūmam agne aruṣam miyedhya sṛja praśasta darśatam ||
English translation:
“Take your seat, Agni, on the sacred grass, for you are mighty; shine forth, for you are devoted to the gods; adorable and excellent Agni, emit the moving and graceful smoke.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdupariṣṭād bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम् । सी॒द॒स्व॒ । म॒हान् । अ॒सि॒ । शोच॑स्व । दे॒व॒ऽवीत॑मः । वि । धू॒मम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अ॒रु॒षम् । मि॒ये॒ध्य॒ । सृ॒ज । प्र॒ऽश॒स्त॒ । द॒र्स॒तम् ॥
सम् । सीदस्व । महान् । असि । शोचस्व । देववीतमः । वि । धूमम् । अग्ने । अरुषम् । मियेध्य । सृज । प्रशस्त । दर्सतम् ॥
sam | sīdasva | mahān | asi | śocasva | deva-vītamaḥ | vi | dhūmam | agne | aruṣam | miyedhya | sṛja | pra-śasta | darsatam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.36.9 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“mourn; grieve; flame; glow; burn; repent.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“smoke; dhūmavedha; carbon black; dhūmana; mist; vapor; vaporization; dhūma [word]; incense.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“red; red.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“recommend; approve; praise; laud; favor; proclaim.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beautiful; visible; beautiful.”