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 2.1.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वे अ॑ग्ने॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒मृता॑सो अ॒द्रुह॑ आ॒सा दे॒वा ह॒विर॑द॒न्त्याहु॑तम् । त्वया॒ मर्ता॑सः स्वदन्त आसु॒तिं त्वं गर्भो॑ वी॒रुधां॑ जज्ञिषे॒ शुचि॑: ॥
त्वे अग्ने विश्वे अमृतासो अद्रुह आसा देवा हविरदन्त्याहुतम् । त्वया मर्तासः स्वदन्त आसुतिं त्वं गर्भो वीरुधां जज्ञिषे शुचिः ॥
tve agne viśve amṛtāso adruha āsā devā havir adanty āhutam | tvayā martāsaḥ svadanta āsutiṃ tvaṃ garbho vīrudhāṃ jajñiṣe śuciḥ ||
English translation:
“All the benignant immortal gods eat the offered oblation through you, as their mouth; mortals taste the flavour (of all viands) through you; you are born pure the embryo of plural nts.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Corn and other grains ripen by the heat of the sun or fire; the text has śuci, pure; this is interpreted as vasu, being the abode of all: sarveṣām nivāsabhūtaḥ san
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āṅgirasaḥ śaunahotro bhārgavo gṛtsamadaḥ [āṅgirasa śaunahotra bhārgava gṛtsamada];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वे इति॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । विश्वे॑ । अ॒मृता॑सः । अ॒द्रुहः॑ । आ॒सा । दे॒वाः । ह॒विः । अ॒द॒न्ति॒ । आऽहु॑तम् । त्वया॑ । मर्ता॑सः । स्व॒द॒न्ते॒ । आ॒ऽसु॒तिम् । त्वम् । गर्भः॑ । वी॒रुधा॑म् । ज॒ज्ञि॒षे॒ । शुचिः॑ ॥
त्वे इति । अग्ने । विश्वे । अमृतासः । अद्रुहः । आसा । देवाः । हविः । अदन्ति । आहुतम् । त्वया । मर्तासः । स्वदन्ते । आसुतिम् । त्वम् । गर्भः । वीरुधाम् । जज्ञिषे । शुचिः ॥
tve iti | agne | viśve | amṛtāsaḥ | adruhaḥ | āsā | devāḥ | haviḥ | adanti | āhutam | tvayā | martāsaḥ | svadante | āsutim | tvam | garbhaḥ | vīrudhām | jajñiṣe | śuciḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.1.14 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, 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
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“friendly; benign.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mouth.”
[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.”
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“sweeten.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“āsuti [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“plant; shrub.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”