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 2.6.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒न्तर्ह्य॑ग्न॒ ईय॑से वि॒द्वाञ्जन्मो॒भया॑ कवे । दू॒तो जन्ये॑व॒ मित्र्य॑: ॥
अन्तर्ह्यग्न ईयसे विद्वाञ्जन्मोभया कवे । दूतो जन्येव मित्र्यः ॥
antar hy agna īyase vidvāñ janmobhayā kave | dūto janyeva mitryaḥ ||
English translation:
“Sage Agni, you penetrate the innermost (man), knowing the birth of both (the worshipper and the worshipped); like a messenger favourable to men, especially to his friends.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): somāhutirbhārgavaḥ [somāhutirbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒न्तः । हि । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ईय॑से । वि॒द्वान् । जन्म॑ । उ॒भया॑ । क॒वे॒ । दू॒तः । जन्या॑ऽइव । मित्र्यः॑ ॥
अन्तः । हि । अग्ने । ईयसे । विद्वान् । जन्म । उभया । कवे । दूतः । जन्याइव । मित्र्यः ॥
antaḥ | hi | agne | īyase | vidvān | janma | ubhayā | kave | dūtaḥ | janyāiva | mitryaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.6.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“birth; reincarnation; lineage; origin; race; metempsychosis; parentage; descent; appearance; age; birthplace; beginning; being.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“both(a).”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“bazaar.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friendly.”