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 1.189.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं ताँ अ॑ग्न उ॒भया॒न्वि वि॒द्वान्वेषि॑ प्रपि॒त्वे मनु॑षो यजत्र । अ॒भि॒पि॒त्वे मन॑वे॒ शास्यो॑ भूर्मर्मृ॒जेन्य॑ उ॒शिग्भि॒र्नाक्रः ॥
त्वं ताँ अग्न उभयान्वि विद्वान्वेषि प्रपित्वे मनुषो यजत्र । अभिपित्वे मनवे शास्यो भूर्मर्मृजेन्य उशिग्भिर्नाक्रः ॥
tvaṃ tām̐ agna ubhayān vi vidvān veṣi prapitve manuṣo yajatra | abhipitve manave śāsyo bhūr marmṛjenya uśigbhir nākraḥ ||
English translation:
“Adorable Agni, you are sagacious, and in a short time discriminate between both those men (who do and do not worshhip you); approach the worshipper at the proper time, and be compliant (with his wishes); like an instrumental tutor of the rite, (who is directed) by the desires (of the priests).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyaḥ [agastya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । ताम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । उ॒भया॑न् । वि । वि॒द्वान् । वेषि॑ । प्र॒ऽपि॒त्वे । मनु॑षः । य॒ज॒त्र॒ । अ॒भि॒ऽपि॒त्वे । मन॑वे । शास्यः॑ । भूः॒ । म॒र्मृ॒जेन्यः॑ । उ॒शिक्ऽभिः । न । अ॒क्रः ॥
त्वम् । ताम् । अग्ने । उभयान् । वि । विद्वान् । वेषि । प्रपित्वे । मनुषः । यजत्र । अभिपित्वे । मनवे । शास्यः । भूः । मर्मृजेन्यः । उशिक्भिः । न । अक्रः ॥
tvam | tām | agne | ubhayān | vi | vidvān | veṣi | pra-pitve | manuṣaḥ | yajatra | abhi-pitve | manave | śāsyaḥ | bhūḥ | marmṛjenyaḥ | uśik-bhiḥ | na | akraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.189.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“both(a).”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“beginning.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Manu; man.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“adorable.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“teach; govern; command; order; control; tell; recommend; chastize; instruct.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“banner.”