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 1.75.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कस्ते॑ जा॒मिर्जना॑ना॒मग्ने॒ को दा॒श्व॑ध्वरः । को ह॒ कस्मि॑न्नसि श्रि॒तः ॥
कस्ते जामिर्जनानामग्ने को दाश्वध्वरः । को ह कस्मिन्नसि श्रितः ॥
kas te jāmir janānām agne ko dāśvadhvaraḥ | ko ha kasminn asi śritaḥ ||
English translation:
“Who, Agni, is your kinsman amongst people? Who is worthy to offer you sacrifice? Who, indeed, are you and where do you abide?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कः । ते॒ । जा॒मिः । जना॑नाम् । अग्ने॑ । कः । दा॒शुऽअ॑ध्वरः । कः । ह॒ । कस्मि॑न् । अ॒सि॒ । श्रि॒तः ॥
कः । ते । जामिः । जनानाम् । अग्ने । कः । दाशुअध्वरः । कः । ह । कस्मिन् । असि । श्रितः ॥
kaḥ | te | jāmiḥ | janānām | agne | kaḥ | dāśu-adhvaraḥ | kaḥ | ha | kasmin | asi | śritaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.75.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“related; ancestral; customary; usual.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”