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 1.69.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वे॒धा अदृ॑प्तो अ॒ग्निर्वि॑जा॒नन्नूध॒र्न गोनां॒ स्वाद्मा॑ पितू॒नाम् ॥
वेधा अदृप्तो अग्निर्विजानन्नूधर्न गोनां स्वाद्मा पितूनाम् ॥
vedhā adṛpto agnir vijānann ūdhar na gonāṃ svādmā pitūnām ||
English translation:
“[3-4] The wise, the humble, and discrimating Agni, is the giver of flavour to food, as the udder of cows (gives sweetness to the milk); invited (to the ceremony), he sits in the sacrificial chamber, diffusing happiness like a benevolent man, amongst mankind.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śaktiputraḥ [parāśara śaktiputra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वे॒धाः । अदृ॑प्तः । अ॒ग्निः । वि॒ऽज॒नन् । ऊधः॑ । न । गोना॑म् । स्वाद्म॑ । पि॒तू॒नाम् ॥
वेधाः । अदृप्तः । अग्निः । विजनन् । ऊधः । न । गोनाम् । स्वाद्म । पितूनाम् ॥
vedhāḥ | adṛptaḥ | agniḥ | vi-janan | ūdhaḥ | na | gonām | svādma | pitūnām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.69.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; detect; find; identify; call; understand; observe; name; deem; recognize; explain; know.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“preference; sweetness.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“food.”