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 1.143.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न यो वरा॑य म॒रुता॑मिव स्व॒नः सेने॑व सृ॒ष्टा दि॒व्या यथा॒शनि॑: । अ॒ग्निर्जम्भै॑स्तिगि॒तैर॑त्ति॒ भर्व॑ति यो॒धो न शत्रू॒न्त्स वना॒ न्यृ॑ञ्जते ॥
न यो वराय मरुतामिव स्वनः सेनेव सृष्टा दिव्या यथाशनिः । अग्निर्जम्भैस्तिगितैरत्ति भर्वति योधो न शत्रून्त्स वना न्यृञ्जते ॥
na yo varāya marutām iva svanaḥ seneva sṛṣṭā divyā yathāśaniḥ | agnir jambhais tigitair atti bharvati yodho na śatrūn sa vanā ny ṛñjate ||
English translation:
“Agni, who, like the roaring of the winds, like a victorious host, like the thunderbolt in heaven, is not to be arrested, devours and destroys (our foes) with sharpened teeth (bharva hiṃsāyām; bharvatirattikarmā: Nirukta 9.23), and, as a warrior (annihilates his enemies), he, (Agni), lays waste the woods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न । यः । वरा॑य । म॒रुता॑म्ऽइव । स्व॒नः । सेना॑ऽइव । सृ॒ष्टा । दि॒व्या । यथा॑ । अ॒शनिः॑ । अ॒ग्निः । जम्भैः॑ । ति॒गि॒तैः । अ॒त्ति॒ । भर्व॑ति । न । शत्रू॑न् । सः । वना॑ । नि । ऋ॒ञ्ज॒ते॒ ॥
न । यः । वराय । मरुताम्इव । स्वनः । सेनाइव । सृष्टा । दिव्या । यथा । अशनिः । अग्निः । जम्भैः । तिगितैः । अत्ति । भर्वति । न । शत्रून् । सः । वना । नि । ऋञ्जते ॥
na | yaḥ | varāya | marutām-iva | svanaḥ | senāiva | sṛṣṭā | divyā | yathā | aśaniḥ | agniḥ | jambhaiḥ | tigitaiḥ | atti | bharvati | na | śatrūn | saḥ | vanā | ni | ṛñjate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.143.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“vara [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“noise; sound; svan.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“army; senā [word]; armament.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“divine; celestial; divine; heavenly; divine; beautiful; rain; agreeable.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“lightning; Vajra; vajra; thunderbolt.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Jambha; citron; jaw; tooth; molar; back tooth.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“eat; devour.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“soldier.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“enemy; foe; enemy; Asura.”
[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, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative