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 1.74.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒प॒प्र॒यन्तो॑ अध्व॒रं मन्त्रं॑ वोचेमा॒ग्नये॑ । आ॒रे अ॒स्मे च॑ शृण्व॒ते ॥
उपप्रयन्तो अध्वरं मन्त्रं वोचेमाग्नये । आरे अस्मे च शृण्वते ॥
upaprayanto adhvaram mantraṃ vocemāgnaye | āre asme ca śṛṇvate ||

English translation:

“Hastening to the sacrifice, let us repeat a prayer to Agni, who fears us from afar.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒प॒ऽप्र॒यन्तः॑ । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । मन्त्र॑म् । वो॒चे॒म॒ । अ॒ग्नये॑ । आ॒रे । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । च॒ । शृ॒ण्व॒ते ॥
उपप्रयन्तः । अध्वरम् । मन्त्रम् । वोचेम । अग्नये । आरे । अस्मे इति । च । शृण्वते ॥
upa-prayantaḥ | adhvaram | mantram | vocema | agnaye | āre | asme iti | ca | śṛṇvate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.74.1 English analysis of grammar]

upaprayanto < upaprayantaḥ < upapre < √i

[verb noun], nominative, plural

adhvaram < adhvara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

mantraṃ < mantram < mantra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“mantra; Mantra; consultation; advice; consultation; mantra [word]; speech; plan.”

vocemāgnaye < vocema < vac

[verb], plural, Aorist optative

“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”

vocemāgnaye < agnaye < agni

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

āre

[adverb]

“far.”

asme < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

śṛṇvate < śru

[verb noun], dative, singular

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

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