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 2.1.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वाम॑ग्न आदि॒त्यास॑ आ॒स्यं१॒॑ त्वां जि॒ह्वां शुच॑यश्चक्रिरे कवे । त्वां रा॑ति॒षाचो॑ अध्व॒रेषु॑ सश्चिरे॒ त्वे दे॒वा ह॒विर॑द॒न्त्याहु॑तम् ॥
त्वामग्न आदित्यास आस्यं त्वां जिह्वां शुचयश्चक्रिरे कवे । त्वां रातिषाचो अध्वरेषु सश्चिरे त्वे देवा हविरदन्त्याहुतम् ॥
tvām agna ādityāsa āsyaṃ tvāṃ jihvāṃ śucayaś cakrire kave | tvāṃ rātiṣāco adhvareṣu saścire tve devā havir adanty āhutam ||
English translation:
“The Ādityas have made you, Agni, their mouth; the pure (deities) have made you, Kavi, their tongue; the (gods), the givers of wealth, depdn upon you at sacrifices; they eat the offered oblation through you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āṅgirasaḥ śaunahotro bhārgavo gṛtsamadaḥ [āṅgirasa śaunahotra bhārgava gṛtsamada];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वाम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आदि॒त्यासः॑ । आ॒स्य॑म् । त्वाम् । जि॒ह्वाम् । शुच॑यः । च॒क्रि॒रे॒ । क॒वे॒ । त्वाम् । रा॒ति॒ऽसाचः॑ । अ॒ध्व॒रेषु॑ । स॒श्चि॒रे॒ । त्वे इति॑ । दे॒वाः । ह॒विः । अ॒द॒न्ति॒ । आऽहु॑तम् ॥
त्वाम् । अग्ने । आदित्यासः । आस्यम् । त्वाम् । जिह्वाम् । शुचयः । चक्रिरे । कवे । त्वाम् । रातिसाचः । अध्वरेषु । सश्चिरे । त्वे इति । देवाः । हविः । अदन्ति । आहुतम् ॥
tvām | agne | ādityāsaḥ | āsyam | tvām | jihvām | śucayaḥ | cakrire | kave | tvām | rāti-sācaḥ | adhvareṣu | saścire | tve iti | devāḥ | haviḥ | adanti | āhutam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.1.13 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], nominative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mouth; mouth; aperture; face; mukha; jaw; point.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”
[noun], locative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“eat; devour.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“sacrifice; sprinkle.”