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 1.72.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नि काव्या॑ वे॒धस॒: शश्व॑तस्क॒र्हस्ते॒ दधा॑नो॒ नर्या॑ पु॒रूणि॑ । अ॒ग्निर्भु॑वद्रयि॒पती॑ रयी॒णां स॒त्रा च॑क्रा॒णो अ॒मृता॑नि॒ विश्वा॑ ॥
नि काव्या वेधसः शश्वतस्कर्हस्ते दधानो नर्या पुरूणि । अग्निर्भुवद्रयिपती रयीणां सत्रा चक्राणो अमृतानि विश्वा ॥
ni kāvyā vedhasaḥ śaśvatas kar haste dadhāno naryā purūṇi | agnir bhuvad rayipatī rayīṇāṃ satrā cakrāṇo amṛtāni viśvā ||
English translation:
“Agni, holding in his hands many good things for men, appropriates the prayers addressed to the eternal creator. Agni is the lord of riches, quickly bestowing (on those who praise him) all golden (gifts).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Svatmabhimukham karoti, he makes them present or applicable to himself;
Śaśvata = vedhas or brahmā, creator, the eternal; an apparent indication of the identification of the first cause, identified with, yet distinct from Agni and other elemental deities
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नि । काव्या॑ । वे॒धसः॑ । शश्व॑तः । कः॒ । हस्ते॑ । दधा॑नः । नर्या॑ । पु॒रूणि॑ । अ॒ग्निः । भु॒व॒त् । र॒यि॒ऽपतिः॑ । र॒यी॒णाम् । स॒त्रा । च॒क्रा॒णः । अ॒मृता॑नि । विश्वा॑ ॥
नि । काव्या । वेधसः । शश्वतः । कः । हस्ते । दधानः । नर्या । पुरूणि । अग्निः । भुवत् । रयिपतिः । रयीणाम् । सत्रा । चक्राणः । अमृतानि । विश्वा ॥
ni | kāvyā | vedhasaḥ | śaśvataḥ | kaḥ | haste | dadhānaḥ | naryā | purūṇi | agniḥ | bhuvat | rayi-patiḥ | rayīṇām | satrā | cakrāṇaḥ | amṛtāni | viśvā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.72.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“all(a); each(a).”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“gift.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”
[noun], masculine
“wealth; property.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“wealth; property.”
[adverb]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“amṛta; immortality; vatsanābha; ambrosia; mercury; medicine; vighasa; calcium hydroxide.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”