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 1.189.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॒ त्वं पा॑रया॒ नव्यो॑ अ॒स्मान्त्स्व॒स्तिभि॒रति॑ दु॒र्गाणि॒ विश्वा॑ । पूश्च॑ पृ॒थ्वी ब॑हु॒ला न॑ उ॒र्वी भवा॑ तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय॒ शं योः ॥
अग्ने त्वं पारया नव्यो अस्मान्त्स्वस्तिभिरति दुर्गाणि विश्वा । पूश्च पृथ्वी बहुला न उर्वी भवा तोकाय तनयाय शं योः ॥
agne tvam pārayā navyo asmān svastibhir ati durgāṇi viśvā | pūś ca pṛthvī bahulā na urvī bhavā tokāya tanayāya śaṃ yoḥ ||
English translation:
“Adorable Agni, convey us by the sacred sets (of worship), beyond all evil ways; may our city be spacious; our land be extensive; be the bestower of happiness upon our offspring, upon our sons.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyaḥ [agastya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । त्वम् । पा॒र॒य॒ । नव्यः॑ । अ॒स्मान् । स्व॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । अति॑ । दुः॒ऽगाणि॑ । विश्वा॑ । पूः । च॒ । पृ॒थ्वी । ब॒हु॒ला । नः॒ । उ॒र्वी । भव॑ । तो॒काय॑ । तन॑याय । शम् । योः ॥
अग्ने । त्वम् । पारय । नव्यः । अस्मान् । स्वस्तिभिः । अति । दुःगाणि । विश्वा । पूः । च । पृथ्वी । बहुला । नः । उर्वी । भव । तोकाय । तनयाय । शम् । योः ॥
agne | tvam | pāraya | navyaḥ | asmān | svasti-bhiḥ | ati | duḥ-gāṇi | viśvā | pūḥ | ca | pṛthvī | bahulā | naḥ | urvī | bhava | tokāya | tanayāya | śam | yoḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.189.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“rescue; keep alive; satisfy; save; resist; endure.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“new.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“fortress; stronghold; difficulty; danger; passage.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“frequent; endowed; much(a); many; abounding in(p); abundant; bahula [word]; accompanied; prevailing.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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, neuter
“offspring.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“biological.”
[adverb]
“śam [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“fortune.”