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 3.5.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒भुश्च॑क्र॒ ईड्यं॒ चारु॒ नाम॒ विश्वा॑नि दे॒वो व॒युना॑नि वि॒द्वान् । स॒सस्य॒ चर्म॑ घृ॒तव॑त्प॒दं वेस्तदिद॒ग्नी र॑क्ष॒त्यप्र॑युच्छन् ॥
ऋभुश्चक्र ईड्यं चारु नाम विश्वानि देवो वयुनानि विद्वान् । ससस्य चर्म घृतवत्पदं वेस्तदिदग्नी रक्षत्यप्रयुच्छन् ॥
ṛbhuś cakra īḍyaṃ cāru nāma viśvāni devo vayunāni vidvān | sasasya carma ghṛtavat padaṃ ves tad id agnī rakṣaty aprayucchan ||
English translation:
“The mighty, divine Agni knowing all (things) that are to be known, made the commendable and beautiful water, the glossy skin, the station of the diffused slumbering (Agni), and, ever vigilant preserves it.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Preserves it: covering as it were by extinguishing the flame of fire
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒भुः । च॒क्रे॒ । ईड्य॑म् । चारु॑ । नाम॑ । विश्वा॑नि । दे॒वः । व॒युना॑नि । वि॒द्वान् । स॒मस्य॑ । चर्म॑ । घृ॒तऽव॑त् प॒दम् । वेः । तत् । इत् । अ॒ग्निः । र॒क्ष॒ति॒ । अप्र॑ऽयुच्छन् ॥
ऋभुः । चक्रे । ईड्यम् । चारु । नाम । विश्वानि । देवः । वयुनानि । विद्वान् । समस्य । चर्म । घृतवत् पदम् । वेः । तत् । इत् । अग्निः । रक्षति । अप्रयुच्छन् ॥
ṛbhuḥ | cakre | īḍyam | cāru | nāma | viśvāni | devaḥ | vayunāni | vidvān | samasya | carma | ghṛta-vat padam | veḥ | tat | it | agniḥ | rakṣati | apra-yucchan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.5.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“praise; invite; raise.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”
[adverb]
“by name; indeed; however; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“convention; custom; means.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“leather; hide; shield; skin; carman [word]; carman; hide.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“buttery.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[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; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ceaseless; attentive.”