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 3.10.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र होत्रे॑ पू॒र्व्यं वचो॒ऽग्नये॑ भरता बृ॒हत् । वि॒पां ज्योतीं॑षि॒ बिभ्र॑ते॒ न वे॒धसे॑ ॥
प्र होत्रे पूर्व्यं वचोऽग्नये भरता बृहत् । विपां ज्योतींषि बिभ्रते न वेधसे ॥
pra hotre pūrvyaṃ vaco 'gnaye bharatā bṛhat | vipāṃ jyotīṃṣi bibhrate na vedhase ||
English translation:
“Offer to the ministering Agni as if to the Creator (of the world), the great praise recited of old, for the sake of animating the energies of the pious (worshipper). ”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । होत्रे॑ । पू॒र्व्यम् । वचः॑ । अ॒ग्नये॑ । भ॒र॒त॒ । बृ॒हत् । वि॒पाम् । ज्योतीं॑षि । बिभ्र॑ते । न । वे॒धसे॑ ॥
प्र । होत्रे । पूर्व्यम् । वचः । अग्नये । भरत । बृहत् । विपाम् । ज्योतींषि । बिभ्रते । न । वेधसे ॥
pra | hotre | pūrvyam | vacaḥ | agnaye | bharata | bṛhat | vipām | jyotīṃṣi | bibhrate | na | vedhase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.10.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”