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 2.6.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मां मे॑ अग्ने स॒मिध॑मि॒मामु॑प॒सदं॑ वनेः । इ॒मा उ॒ षु श्रु॑धी॒ गिर॑: ॥
इमां मे अग्ने समिधमिमामुपसदं वनेः । इमा उ षु श्रुधी गिरः ॥
imām me agne samidham imām upasadaṃ vaneḥ | imā u ṣu śrudhī giraḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni, accept this my fuel, this my oblation; listen, well plural ased, to my praises.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): somāhutirbhārgavaḥ [somāhutirbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒माम् । मे॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । स॒म्ऽइध॑म् । इ॒माम् । उ॒प॒ऽसद॑म् । व॒ने॒रिति॑ वनेः । इ॒माः । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । श्रु॒धि॒ । गिरः॑ ॥
इमाम् । मे । अग्ने । सम्इधम् । इमाम् । उपसदम् । वनेरिति वनेः । इमाः । ऊँ इति । सु । श्रुधि । गिरः ॥
imām | me | agne | sam-idham | imām | upa-sadam | vaneritivaneḥ | imāḥ | oṃ iti | su | śrudhi | giraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.6.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[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, feminine
“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[verb], singular, Present optative
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”