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 3.11.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निं सू॒नुं सन॑श्रुतं॒ सह॑सो जा॒तवे॑दसम् । वह्निं॑ दे॒वा अ॑कृण्वत ॥
अग्निं सूनुं सनश्रुतं सहसो जातवेदसम् । वह्निं देवा अकृण्वत ॥
agniṃ sūnuṃ sanaśrutaṃ sahaso jātavedasam | vahniṃ devā akṛṇvata ||
English translation:
“The gods have made Agni, who is the son of strength, the eternally-renowned, the knower of all that is born, the bearer (of oblations).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम् । सू॒नुम् । सन॑ऽश्रुतम् । सह॑सः । जा॒तऽवे॑दसम् । वह्नि॑म् । दे॒वाः । अ॒कृ॒ण्व॒त॒ ॥
अग्निम् । सूनुम् । सनश्रुतम् । सहसः । जातवेदसम् । वह्निम् । देवाः । अकृण्वत ॥
agnim | sūnum | sana-śrutam | sahasaḥ | jāta-vedasam | vahnim | devāḥ | akṛṇvata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.11.4 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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“son; offspring.”
[noun]
“age-old; ancient.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“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.”