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 1.66.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
र॒यिर्न चि॒त्रा सूरो॒ न सं॒दृगायु॒र्न प्रा॒णो नित्यो॒ न सू॒नुः ॥
रयिर्न चित्रा सूरो न संदृगायुर्न प्राणो नित्यो न सूनुः ॥
rayir na citrā sūro na saṃdṛg āyur na prāṇo nityo na sūnuḥ ||
English translation:
“[1-2] Agni who is like wondrous wealth, like the all-surveying Sun, like vital breath, like a well-conducted son, like a rider-bearing steed, like a milk-yielding cow, who is pure and radiant, consumes the forests.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
र॒यिः । न । चि॒त्रा । सूरः॑ । न । स॒म्ऽदृक् । आयुः॑ । न । प्रा॒णः । नित्यः॑ । न । सू॒नुः ॥
रयिः । न । चित्रा । सूरः । न । सम्दृक् । आयुः । न । प्राणः । नित्यः । न । सूनुः ॥
rayiḥ | na | citrā | sūraḥ | na | sam-dṛk | āyuḥ | na | prāṇaḥ | nityaḥ | na | sūnuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.66.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“wealth; property.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“appearance; view; view.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“life; prāṇa (coll.); breath; breath; prāṇa (indiv.); inhalation; Prāṇa; might; myrrh; energy; survival.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; offspring.”