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 3.5.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पाति॑ प्रि॒यं रि॒पो अग्रं॑ प॒दं वेः पाति॑ य॒ह्वश्चर॑णं॒ सूर्य॑स्य । पाति॒ नाभा॑ स॒प्तशी॑र्षाणम॒ग्निः पाति॑ दे॒वाना॑मुप॒माद॑मृ॒ष्वः ॥
पाति प्रियं रिपो अग्रं पदं वेः पाति यह्वश्चरणं सूर्यस्य । पाति नाभा सप्तशीर्षाणमग्निः पाति देवानामुपमादमृष्वः ॥
pāti priyaṃ ripo agram padaṃ veḥ pāti yahvaś caraṇaṃ sūryasya | pāti nābhā saptaśīrṣāṇam agniḥ pāti devānām upamādam ṛṣvaḥ ||
English translation:
“The graceful (Agni) protects the primary station of the moving earth; mighty, he protects the path of the sun; he protects the seven-headed (troop of the Maruts) in the centre between heaven and earth; he protects the exhilarating (oblations) of the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पाति॑ । प्रि॒यम् । रि॒पः । अग्र॑म् । प॒दम् । वेः । पाति॑ । य॒ह्वः । चर॑णम् । सूर्य॑स्य । पाति॑ । नाभा॑ । स॒प्तऽशी॑र्षाणाम् । अ॒ग्निः । पाति॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । उ॒प॒ऽमाद॑म् । ऋ॒ष्वः ॥
पाति । प्रियम् । रिपः । अग्रम् । पदम् । वेः । पाति । यह्वः । चरणम् । सूर्यस्य । पाति । नाभा । सप्तशीर्षाणाम् । अग्निः । पाति । देवानाम् । उपमादम् । ऋष्वः ॥
pāti | priyam | ripaḥ | agram | padam | veḥ | pāti | yahvaḥ | caraṇam | sūryasya | pāti | nābhā | sapta-śīrṣāṇām | agniḥ | pāti | devānām | upa-mādam | ṛṣvaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.5.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“deceiver.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“vi; bird; vi.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“youngest; youthful; active.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“performance.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“navel; hub; kinship; beginning; origin; umbilical cord; nābhi [word]; friendship; center.”
[noun]
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“head; śīrṣan [word].”
[noun], nominative, 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
“protect; govern.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“distinguished; high; noble; enormous.”