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 1.105.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञं पृ॑च्छाम्यव॒मं स तद्दू॒तो वि वो॑चति । क्व॑ ऋ॒तं पू॒र्व्यं ग॒तं कस्तद्बि॑भर्ति॒ नूत॑नो वि॒त्तं मे॑ अ॒स्य रो॑दसी ॥
यज्ञं पृच्छाम्यवमं स तद्दूतो वि वोचति । क्व ऋतं पूर्व्यं गतं कस्तद्बिभर्ति नूतनो वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी ॥
yajñam pṛcchāmy avamaṃ sa tad dūto vi vocati | kva ṛtam pūrvyaṃ gataṃ kas tad bibharti nūtano vittam me asya rodasī ||
English translation:
“I implore the first (of the gods), the object of sacrifice, that he will become my messenger, and narrate (my condition to the other deities). Where, Agni, is your former benevolence, what new being now possesses it? Heaven and earth, be conscious of this (my affliction).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Agnir-vai devānām avamaḥ, the first-produced of all the gods (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 1.1); agnir-mukham prathamo devatānām, Agni is the mouth, the first of the deities (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 1.4)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āptyastrita āṅgirasaḥ kutso vā [āptyastrita āṅgirasa kutsa vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञम् । पृ॒च्छा॒मि॒ । अ॒व॒मम् । सः । तत् । दू॒तः । वि । वो॒च॒ति॒ । क्व॑ । ऋ॒तम् । पू॒र्व्यम् । ग॒तम् । कः । तत् । बि॒भ॒र्ति॒ । नूत॑नः । वि॒त्तम् । मे॒ । अ॒स्य । रो॒द॒सी॒ इति॑ ॥
यज्ञम् । पृच्छामि । अवमम् । सः । तत् । दूतः । वि । वोचति । क्व । ऋतम् । पूर्व्यम् । गतम् । कः । तत् । बिभर्ति । नूतनः । वित्तम् । मे । अस्य । रोदसी इति ॥
yajñam | pṛcchāmi | avamam | saḥ | tat | dūtaḥ | vi | vocati | kva | ṛtam | pūrvyam | gatam | kaḥ | tat | bibharti | nūtanaḥ | vittam | me | asya | rodasī iti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.105.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“ask; ask; ask; consult; interrogate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“avama [word]; bottom; last.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“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.”
[adverb]
“wherein; how; kva [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“new; fresh; recent; contemporary; present(a); first.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], vocative, dual, neuter
“heaven and earth; Earth.”