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 3.10.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निं व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिरो॒ यतो॒ जाय॑त उ॒क्थ्य॑: । म॒हे वाजा॑य॒ द्रवि॑णाय दर्श॒तः ॥
अग्निं वर्धन्तु नो गिरो यतो जायत उक्थ्यः । महे वाजाय द्रविणाय दर्शतः ॥
agniṃ vardhantu no giro yato jāyata ukthyaḥ | mahe vājāya draviṇāya darśataḥ ||
English translation:
“May ourhymns exalt Agni, so that he may be born more worthy of praise, and may become manifest for the purpose of (bestowing) abundant food and riches.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम् । व॒र्ध॒न्तु॒ । नः॒ । गिरः॑ । यतः॑ । जाय॑ते । उ॒क्थ्यः॑ । म॒हे । वाजा॑य । द्रवि॑णाय । द॒र्श॒तः ॥
अग्निम् । वर्धन्तु । नः । गिरः । यतः । जायते । उक्थ्यः । महे । वाजाय । द्रविणाय । दर्शतः ॥
agnim | vardhantu | naḥ | giraḥ | yataḥ | jāyate | ukthyaḥ | mahe | vājāya | draviṇāya | darśataḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.10.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, 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
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[adverb]
“from which; whence; wherein.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“applaudable.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money; jewel.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“beautiful; visible; beautiful.”