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 1.71.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निं विश्वा॑ अ॒भि पृक्ष॑: सचन्ते समु॒द्रं न स्र॒वत॑: स॒प्त य॒ह्वीः । न जा॒मिभि॒र्वि चि॑किते॒ वयो॑ नो वि॒दा दे॒वेषु॒ प्रम॑तिं चिकि॒त्वान् ॥
अग्निं विश्वा अभि पृक्षः सचन्ते समुद्रं न स्रवतः सप्त यह्वीः । न जामिभिर्वि चिकिते वयो नो विदा देवेषु प्रमतिं चिकित्वान् ॥
agniṃ viśvā abhi pṛkṣaḥ sacante samudraṃ na sravataḥ sapta yahvīḥ | na jāmibhir vi cikite vayo no vidā deveṣu pramatiṃ cikitvān ||
English translation:
“All (sacrificial) viands concentrate in Agni, as the seven great rivers flwo into the ocean; our food is not partaken of by our kinsmen, therefore do you, who know (all things), make our desires known to the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम् । विश्वाः॑ । अ॒भि । पृक्षः॑ । स॒च॒न्ते॒ । स॒मु॒द्रम् । न । स्र॒वतः॑ । स॒प्त । य॒ह्वीः । न । जा॒मिभिः॑ । वि । चि॒कि॒ते॒ । वयः॑ । नः॒ । वि॒दाः । दे॒वेषु॑ । प्रऽम॑तिम् । चि॒कि॒त्वान् ॥
अग्निम् । विश्वाः । अभि । पृक्षः । सचन्ते । समुद्रम् । न । स्रवतः । सप्त । यह्वीः । न । जामिभिः । वि । चिकिते । वयः । नः । विदाः । देवेषु । प्रमतिम् । चिकित्वान् ॥
agnim | viśvāḥ | abhi | pṛkṣaḥ | sacante | samudram | na | sravataḥ | sapta | yahvīḥ | na | jāmibhiḥ | vi | cikite | vayaḥ | naḥ | vidāḥ | deveṣu | pra-matim | cikitvān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.71.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“food; refreshment; power.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“river.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“youngest; youthful; active.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“related; ancestral; customary; usual.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“care; solicitude; caution; providence.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”