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 1.128.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स सु॒क्रतु॑: पु॒रोहि॑तो॒ दमे॑दमे॒ऽग्निर्य॒ज्ञस्या॑ध्व॒रस्य॑ चेतति॒ क्रत्वा॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ चेतति । क्रत्वा॑ वे॒धा इ॑षूय॒ते विश्वा॑ जा॒तानि॑ पस्पशे । यतो॑ घृत॒श्रीरति॑थि॒रजा॑यत॒ वह्नि॑र्वे॒धा अजा॑यत ॥
स सुक्रतुः पुरोहितो दमेदमेऽग्निर्यज्ञस्याध्वरस्य चेतति क्रत्वा यज्ञस्य चेतति । क्रत्वा वेधा इषूयते विश्वा जातानि पस्पशे । यतो घृतश्रीरतिथिरजायत वह्निर्वेधा अजायत ॥
sa sukratuḥ purohito dame-dame 'gnir yajñasyādhvarasya cetati kratvā yajñasya cetati | kratvā vedhā iṣūyate viśvā jātāni paspaśe | yato ghṛtaśrīr atithir ajāyata vahnir vedhā ajāyata ||
English translation:
“That Agni, who is (the performer of) holy acts, the priest of the family, thinks in every dwelling of the imperishable sacrifice; he thinks of the sacrifice (reminded) by (its) celebration; for through such pious rite, he, the bestower of (fit) rewards, accepts all the offered oblations for (the good of) the worshipper, whence he has become as a guest, fed abundantly with butter; and the offere (of the oblations) has become the realizer of the rewards (of the worship).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍatyaṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । सु॒ऽक्रतुः॑ । पु॒रःऽहि॑तः॑ । दमे॑ऽदमे । अ॒ग्निः । य॒ज्ञस्य । अ॒ध्व॒रस्य॑ । चे॒त॒ति॒ । क्रत्वा॑ । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । चे॒त॒ति॒ । क्रत्वा॑ । वे॒धाः । इ॒षु॒ऽय॒ते । विश्वा॑ । जा॒तानि॑ । प॒स्प॒शे॒ । यतः॑ । घृ॒त॒ऽश्रीः । अति॑थिः । अजा॑यत । वह्निः॑ । वे॒धाः । अजा॑यत ॥
सः । सुक्रतुः । पुरःहितः । दमेदमे । अग्निः । यज्ञस्य । अध्वरस्य । चेतति । क्रत्वा । यज्ञस्य । चेतति । क्रत्वा । वेधाः । इषुयते । विश्वा । जातानि । पस्पशे । यतः । घृतश्रीः । अतिथिः । अजायत । वह्निः । वेधाः । अजायत ॥
saḥ | su-kratuḥ | puraḥ-hitaḥ | dame--dame | agniḥ | yajñasya | adhvarasya | cetati | kratvā | yajñasya | cetati | kratvā | vedhāḥ | iṣu-yate | viśvā | jātāni | paspaśe | yataḥ | ghṛta-śrīḥ | atithiḥ | ajāyata | vahniḥ | vedhāḥ | ajāyata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.128.4 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Purohita; purohita [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“dwelling; home.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“dwelling; home.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“kind; object; descendant; kin; being; reincarnation.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[adverb]
“from which; whence; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“guest; atithi [word]; Atithi.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“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], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”