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 1.143.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स जाय॑मानः पर॒मे व्यो॑मन्या॒विर॒ग्निर॑भवन्मात॒रिश्व॑ने । अ॒स्य क्रत्वा॑ समिधा॒नस्य॑ म॒ज्मना॒ प्र द्यावा॑ शो॒चिः पृ॑थि॒वी अ॑रोचयत् ॥
स जायमानः परमे व्योमन्याविरग्निरभवन्मातरिश्वने । अस्य क्रत्वा समिधानस्य मज्मना प्र द्यावा शोचिः पृथिवी अरोचयत् ॥
sa jāyamānaḥ parame vyomany āvir agnir abhavan mātariśvane | asya kratvā samidhānasya majmanā pra dyāvā śociḥ pṛthivī arocayat ||
English translation:
“As soon as born, what that (Agni) manifested to Matariśvan in the highest atmosphere, and his radiance, kindled by vigorous effort, spread through heaven and earth. ”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Mātariśvan: to the wind, to be fanned into flame; in another text: tvam agne prathamo mātariśvane āvirbhava, by first manifest, Agni, to the wind; or mātariśvan = yajamāna, or sacrificer
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । जाय॑मानः । प॒र॒मे । विऽओ॑मनि । आ॒विः । अ॒ग्निः । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । मा॒त॒रिश्व॑ने । अ॒स्य । क्रत्वा॑ । स॒म्ऽइ॒धा॒नस्य॑ । म॒ज्मना॑ । प्र । द्यावा॑ । शो॒चिः । पृ॒थि॒वी इति॑ । अ॒रो॒च॒य॒त् ॥
सः । जायमानः । परमे । विओमनि । आविः । अग्निः । अभवत् । मातरिश्वने । अस्य । क्रत्वा । सम्इधानस्य । मज्मना । प्र । द्यावा । शोचिः । पृथिवी इति । अरोचयत् ॥
saḥ | jāyamānaḥ | parame | vi-omani | āviḥ | agniḥ | abhavat | mātariśvane | asya | kratvā | sam-idhānasya | majmanā | pra | dyāvā | śociḥ | pṛthivī iti | arocayat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.143.2 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.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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], locative, singular, neuter
“extreme; best; excellent; highest; highest; devoted(p); maximal; distant; parama [word]; very; farthermost.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“abhra; sky; ākāśa; Svarga; Vyoman.”
[adverb]
“openly; obviously.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wind; Mātariśvan; Vayu; vāta.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“size.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“like; approve; like; simulate.”