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 3.10.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स के॒तुर॑ध्व॒राणा॑म॒ग्निर्दे॒वेभि॒रा ग॑मत् । अ॒ञ्जा॒नः स॒प्त होतृ॑भिर्ह॒विष्म॑ते ॥
स केतुरध्वराणामग्निर्देवेभिरा गमत् । अञ्जानः सप्त होतृभिर्हविष्मते ॥
sa ketur adhvarāṇām agnir devebhir ā gamat | añjānaḥ sapta hotṛbhir haviṣmate ||
English translation:
“May (Agni), the banner (flag) of sacrifices, offering oblations on the part of the worshiper through (the ministry of) the seven offering priests, come hither with the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । के॒तुः । अ॒ध्व॒राणा॑म् । अ॒ग्निः । दे॒वेभिः॑ । आ । ग॒म॒त् । अ॒ञ्जा॒नः । स॒प्त । होतृ॑ऽभिः । ह॒विष्म॑ते ॥
सः । केतुः । अध्वराणाम् । अग्निः । देवेभिः । आ । गमत् । अञ्जानः । सप्त । होतृभिः । हविष्मते ॥
saḥ | ketuḥ | adhvarāṇām | agniḥ | devebhiḥ | ā | gamat | añjānaḥ | sapta | hotṛ-bhiḥ | haviṣmate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.10.4 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“smear; anoint; mix; color.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“sacrificing.”