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 2.24.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तावा॑नः प्रति॒चक्ष्यानृ॑ता॒ पुन॒रात॒ आ त॑स्थुः क॒वयो॑ म॒हस्प॒थः । ते बा॒हुभ्यां॑ धमि॒तम॒ग्निमश्म॑नि॒ नकि॒: षो अ॒स्त्यर॑णो ज॒हुर्हि तम् ॥
ऋतावानः प्रतिचक्ष्यानृता पुनरात आ तस्थुः कवयो महस्पथः । ते बाहुभ्यां धमितमग्निमश्मनि नकिः षो अस्त्यरणो जहुर्हि तम् ॥
ṛtāvānaḥ praticakṣyānṛtā punar āta ā tasthuḥ kavayo mahas pathaḥ | te bāhubhyāṃ dhamitam agnim aśmani nakiḥ ṣo asty araṇo jahur hi tam ||
English translation:
“Those sages, eminent for truth, having seen through the false (illusions of the asura), again pursued the main road thither, and with their hands cast against the rock the destructive fire, which, till then, was not there.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Nakh ṣo asti = that is not; i.e. so agniḥ pūrvam tatra nakir asti, na vidyate, that fire formerly is not there, is not known; but they, of their own power, having produced the fire that was not known, or was not extant, threw it there: avidyamānam agnim svasāmarthyād utpādya tatra pracikṣipuḥ; this is an allusion to the dissemination of fire-worship by the aṅgirasas
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): brahmaṇaspatiḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तऽवा॑नः । प्र॒ति॒ऽचक्ष्य॑ । अनृ॑ता । पुनः॑ । आ । अतः॑ । आ । त॒स्थुः॒ । क॒वयः॑ । म॒हः । प॒थः । ते॒ । बा॒हुऽभ्या॑म् । ध॒मि॒तम् । अ॒ग्निम् । अस्म॑नि । नकिः॑ । सः । अ॒स्ति॒ । अर॑णः । जु॒हुः । हि । तम् ॥
ऋतवानः । प्रतिचक्ष्य । अनृता । पुनः । आ । अतः । आ । तस्थुः । कवयः । महः । पथः । ते । बाहुभ्याम् । धमितम् । अग्निम् । अस्मनि । नकिः । सः । अस्ति । अरणः । जुहुः । हि । तम् ॥
ṛta-vānaḥ | prati-cakṣya | anṛtā | punaḥ | ā | ataḥ | ā | tasthuḥ | kavayaḥ | mahaḥ | pathaḥ | te | bāhu-bhyām | dhamitam | agnim | asmani | nakiḥ | saḥ | asti | araṇaḥ | juhuḥ | hi | tam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.24.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[verb noun]
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“falsehood; lying; lie; cheat.”
[adverb]
“again; further; now; over and over; subsequently; repeatedly; however; besides.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“now; therefore; then; from there; hence; consequently; then; hence; henceforth.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine
“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“heat; blow; fan; blow; ignite; blow; inflate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“stone; aśmarī; rock; aśman [word]; adri; mineral; piṇḍatālaka; mountain.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“foreign; unrelated.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“abandon; decrease; want; kill; deteriorate; get rid of; exclude; lose; avoid; remove; leave; abandon; neglect; leave; discard; apostatize; discontinue; weaken; abandon; assail; subtract; foreswear; pour away; withdraw; depart; reduce.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”