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 2.1.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वाम॑ग्ने पि॒तर॑मि॒ष्टिभि॒र्नर॒स्त्वां भ्रा॒त्राय॒ शम्या॑ तनू॒रुच॑म् । त्वं पु॒त्रो भ॑वसि॒ यस्तेऽवि॑ध॒त्त्वं सखा॑ सु॒शेव॑: पास्या॒धृष॑: ॥
त्वामग्ने पितरमिष्टिभिर्नरस्त्वां भ्रात्राय शम्या तनूरुचम् । त्वं पुत्रो भवसि यस्तेऽविधत्त्वं सखा सुशेवः पास्याधृषः ॥
tvām agne pitaram iṣṭibhir naras tvām bhrātrāya śamyā tanūrucam | tvam putro bhavasi yas te 'vidhat tvaṃ sakhā suśevaḥ pāsy ādhṛṣaḥ ||
English translation:
“(Devout) men (worship) you, Agni, as a father, with sacred rites; they (cherish) you, who are the illumination of the body, with acts (of kindness), as a brother; you are as a son to him who propitiates you; and you protect us, a faithful and firm friend.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āṅgirasaḥ śaunahotro bhārgavo gṛtsamadaḥ [āṅgirasa śaunahotra bhārgava gṛtsamada];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वाम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । पि॒तर॑म् । इ॒ष्टिऽभिः॑ । नरः॑ । त्वाम् । भ्रा॒त्राय॑ । शम्या॑ । त॒नू॒ऽरुच॑म् । त्वम् । पु॒त्रः । भ॒व॒सि॒ । यः । ते॒ । अवि॑धत् । त्वम् । सखा॑ । सु॒ऽशेवः॑ । पा॒सि॒ । आ॒ऽधृषः॑ ॥
त्वाम् । अग्ने । पितरम् । इष्टिभिः । नरः । त्वाम् । भ्रात्राय । शम्या । तनूरुचम् । त्वम् । पुत्रः । भवसि । यः । ते । अविधत् । त्वम् । सखा । सुशेवः । पासि । आधृषः ॥
tvām | agne | pitaram | iṣṭi-bhiḥ | naraḥ | tvām | bhrātrāya | śamyā | tanū-rucam | tvam | putraḥ | bhavasi | yaḥ | te | avidhat | tvam | sakhā | su-śevaḥ | pāsi | ādhṛṣaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.1.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[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, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“seeking.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“Prosopis spicigera Linn.; śamī [word]; Acacia sundra; attempt; labor.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“worship; offer.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friendly; favorable; dear.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“protect; govern.”
[verb noun]
“overcome; suppress.”