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 2.10.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जिघ॑र्म्य॒ग्निं ह॒विषा॑ घृ॒तेन॑ प्रतिक्षि॒यन्तं॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । पृ॒थुं ति॑र॒श्चा वय॑सा बृ॒हन्तं॒ व्यचि॑ष्ठ॒मन्नै॑ रभ॒सं दृशा॑नम् ॥
जिघर्म्यग्निं हविषा घृतेन प्रतिक्षियन्तं भुवनानि विश्वा । पृथुं तिरश्चा वयसा बृहन्तं व्यचिष्ठमन्नै रभसं दृशानम् ॥
jigharmy agniṃ haviṣā ghṛtena pratikṣiyantam bhuvanāni viśvā | pṛthuṃ tiraścā vayasā bṛhantaṃ vyaciṣṭham annai rabhasaṃ dṛśānam ||
English translation:
“I offer oblations with butter to Agni, who spreads through all regions, vast, expanding, with all-comprehending form, nourished (with sacrificial) food, powerful, conspicuous.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Offer oblations with butter: jigharmy agnim haviṣā ghṛtena = a tva jigharmi manasā ghṛtena (Yajus. 11.23), I sprinkle you with butter, with a believing mind: śraddhāyuktena cittena; vast, expanding: pṛthum tiraścā = vast with crooked-going or undulating radiance; vayasā bṛhantam = augmenting with smoke
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsmadaḥ [gṛtsmada];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जिघ॑र्मि । अ॒ग्निम् । ह॒विषा॑ । घृ॒तेन॑ । प्र॒ति॒ऽक्षि॒यन्त॑म् । भुव॑नानि । विश्वा॑ । पृ॒थुम् । ति॒र॒श्चा । वय॑सा । बृ॒हन्त॑म् । व्यचि॑ष्ठम् । अन्नैः॑ । र॒भ॒सम् । दृशा॑नम् ॥
जिघर्मि । अग्निम् । हविषा । घृतेन । प्रतिक्षियन्तम् । भुवनानि । विश्वा । पृथुम् । तिरश्चा । वयसा । बृहन्तम् । व्यचिष्ठम् । अन्नैः । रभसम् । दृशानम् ॥
jigharmi | agnim | haviṣā | ghṛtena | prati-kṣiyantam | bhuvanāni | viśvā | pṛthum | t iraścā | vayasā | bṛhantam | vyaciṣṭham | annaiḥ | rabhasam | dṛśānam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.10.4 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”
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“_”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fierce; impetuous; powerful; potent; flamboyant.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”