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 1.146.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्रि॒मू॒र्धानं॑ स॒प्तर॑श्मिं गृणी॒षेऽनू॑नम॒ग्निं पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्थे॑ । नि॒ष॒त्तम॑स्य॒ चर॑तो ध्रु॒वस्य॒ विश्वा॑ दि॒वो रो॑च॒नाप॑प्रि॒वांस॑म् ॥
त्रिमूर्धानं सप्तरश्मिं गृणीषेऽनूनमग्निं पित्रोरुपस्थे । निषत्तमस्य चरतो ध्रुवस्य विश्वा दिवो रोचनापप्रिवांसम् ॥
trimūrdhānaṃ saptaraśmiṃ gṛṇīṣe 'nūnam agnim pitror upasthe | niṣattam asya carato dhruvasya viśvā divo rocanāpaprivāṃsam ||

English translation:

“Glorify the three-headed, seven-rayed Agni, who is sibject to no diminution, seated on the lap of his parents, (heaven and earth); and gratifying all (desires); as the universal radiance of the divine (Agni), whether moving or stationary, (spreads around).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The three-headed: a reference to three daily sacrifices, or the three household fires, or the three regions, heaven, earth and mid-air; the seven-rayed Agni: the seven flames of fire; or, raśmi, a ray = reign or rule, a possible reference to the seven chandas (metres) of the Vedas

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्रि॒ऽमू॒र्धान॑म् । स॒प्तऽर॑श्मिम् । गृ॒णी॒षे॒ । अनू॑नम् । अ॒ग्निम् । पि॒त्रोः । उ॒पऽस्थे॑ । नि॒ऽस॒त्तम् । अ॒स्य॒ । चर॑तः । ध्रु॒वस्य॑ । विश्वा॑ । दि॒वः । रो॒च॒ना । आ॒प॒प्रि॒ऽवांस॑म् ॥
त्रिमूर्धानम् । सप्तरश्मिम् । गृणीषे । अनूनम् । अग्निम् । पित्रोः । उपस्थे । निसत्तम् । अस्य । चरतः । ध्रुवस्य । विश्वा । दिवः । रोचना । आपप्रिवांसम् ॥
tri-mūrdhānam | sapta-raśmim | gṛṇīṣe | anūnam | agnim | pitroḥ | upa-sthe | ni-sattam | asya | carataḥ | dhruvasya | viśvā | divaḥ | rocanā | āpapri-vāṃsam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.146.1 English analysis of grammar]

trimūrdhānaṃ < tri

[noun]

“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”

trimūrdhānaṃ < mūrdhānam < mūrdhan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”

saptaraśmiṃ < sapta < saptan

[noun]

“seven; seventh.”

saptaraśmiṃ < raśmim < raśmi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”

gṛṇīṣe < gṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“praise.”

'nūnam < anūnam < anūna

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“perfect; entire.”

agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

pitror < pitroḥ < pitṛ

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

upasthe < upastha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”

niṣattam < niṣad < √sad

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“sit down; sit; put.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

carato < carataḥ < car

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

dhruvasya < dhruva

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“certain; fixed; permanent; changeless; firm; safe; resident; immovable; fixed; fixed; vital; faithful.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

rocanāpaprivāṃsam < rocanā < rocana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“light; celestial sphere.”

rocanāpaprivāṃsam < āpaprivāṃsam < āprā < √prā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

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