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 1.127.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम॑ग्ने॒ सह॑सा॒ सह॑न्तमः शु॒ष्मिन्त॑मो जायसे दे॒वता॑तये र॒यिर्न दे॒वता॑तये । शु॒ष्मिन्त॑मो॒ हि ते॒ मदो॑ द्यु॒म्निन्त॑म उ॒त क्रतु॑: । अध॑ स्मा ते॒ परि॑ चरन्त्यजर श्रुष्टी॒वानो॒ नाज॑र ॥
त्वमग्ने सहसा सहन्तमः शुष्मिन्तमो जायसे देवतातये रयिर्न देवतातये । शुष्मिन्तमो हि ते मदो द्युम्निन्तम उत क्रतुः । अध स्मा ते परि चरन्त्यजर श्रुष्टीवानो नाजर ॥
tvam agne sahasā sahantamaḥ śuṣmintamo jāyase devatātaye rayir na devatātaye | śuṣmintamo hi te mado dyumnintama uta kratuḥ | adha smā te pari caranty ajara śruṣṭīvāno nājara ||
English translation:
“You, Agni, the destroyer (of enemies) by your strength, the possessor of great splendour, as born for the sake of sacrificing to the gods, as riches (are genitive rated) for the sake of sacrificing to the gods; verily your exhilaration is most brilliant, your worship is most productive of renown; hence, undecaying Agni, (sacrificers) wait upon you, like envoys (upon a prince; upon you), who preserve (your votaries) from decay.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ajara = undecaying, not causing decay; or, one who does not praise others; one to whom along praise is due
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): aṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । सह॑सा । सह॑न्ऽतमः । शु॒ष्मिन्ऽत॑मः । जा॒य॒से॒ । दे॒वऽता॑तये । र॒यिः । न । दे॒वऽता॑तये । शु॒ष्मिन्ऽत॑मः॑ । हि । ते॒ । मदः॑ । द्यु॒म्निन्ऽत॑मः । उ॒त । क्रतुः॑ । अध॑ । स्म॒ । ते॒ । परि॑ । च॒र॒न्ति॒ । अ॒ज॒र॒ । श्रु॒ष्टी॒वानः॑ । न । अ॒ज॒र॒ ॥
त्वम् । अग्ने । सहसा । सहन्तमः । शुष्मिन्तमः । जायसे । देवतातये । रयिः । न । देवतातये । शुष्मिन्तमः । हि । ते । मदः । द्युम्निन्तमः । उत । क्रतुः । अध । स्म । ते । परि । चरन्ति । अजर । श्रुष्टीवानः । न । अजर ॥
tvam | agne | sahasā | sahan-tamaḥ | śuṣmin-tamaḥ | jāyase | deva-tātaye | rayiḥ | na | deva-tātaye | śuṣmin-tamaḥ | hi | te | madaḥ | dyumnin-tamaḥ | uta | kratuḥ | adha | sma | te | pari | caranti | ajara | śruṣṭīvānaḥ | na | ajara
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.127.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“deity; Deva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wealth; property.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“deity; Deva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[adverb]
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“undecaying; ageless.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“obedient; heedful; attentive.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“undecaying; ageless.”