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 2.7.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द्र्व॑न्नः स॒र्पिरा॑सुतिः प्र॒त्नो होता॒ वरे॑ण्यः । सह॑सस्पु॒त्रो अद्भु॑तः ॥
द्र्वन्नः सर्पिरासुतिः प्रत्नो होता वरेण्यः । सहसस्पुत्रो अद्भुतः ॥
drvannaḥ sarpirāsutiḥ pratno hotā vareṇyaḥ | sahasas putro adbhutaḥ ||
English translation:
“Feeder upon fuel, to whom butter is offered (you are) the ancient, the invoker of the gods, the excellent son of strength, the wonderful.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Feeder upon fuel: drvannaḥ: from dru, a tree or timber; and anna, food
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): somāhutirbhārgavaḥ [somāhutirbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द्रुऽअ॑न्नः । स॒र्पिःऽआ॑सुतिः । प्र॒त्नः । होता॑ । वरे॑ण्यः । सह॑सः । पु॒त्रः । अद्भु॑तः ॥
द्रुअन्नः । सर्पिःआसुतिः । प्रत्नः । होता । वरेण्यः । सहसः । पुत्रः । अद्भुतः ॥
dru-annaḥ | sarpiḥ-āsutiḥ | pratnaḥ | hotā | vareṇyaḥ | sahasaḥ | putraḥ | adbhutaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.7.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], masculine
“wood; tree; dru [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”
[noun], neuter
“ghee; clarified butter; sarpiḥprameha.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“āsuti [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“age-old; pratna [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“excellent; desirable.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“extraordinary; amazing; supernatural.”