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 1.67.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य ईं॑ चि॒केत॒ गुहा॒ भव॑न्त॒मा यः स॒साद॒ धारा॑मृ॒तस्य॑ ॥
य ईं चिकेत गुहा भवन्तमा यः ससाद धारामृतस्य ॥
ya īṃ ciketa guhā bhavantam ā yaḥ sasāda dhārām ṛtasya ||
English translation:
“[7-8] He who knows Agni hidden in the hollows; he who approaches him as the maintainer of truth; those who, performing worship, repeat his praises, to them assuredly he promises affluence.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): Dvipadaa viraat;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । ई॒म् । चि॒केत॑ । गुहा॑ । भव॑न्तम् । आ । यः । स॒साद॑ । धारा॑म् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ ॥
यः । ईम् । चिकेत । गुहा । भवन्तम् । आ । यः । ससाद । धाराम् । ऋतस्य ॥
yaḥ | īm | ciketa | guhā | bhavantam | ā | yaḥ | sasāda | dhārām | ṛtasya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.67.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[adverb]
“secretly.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”