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 3.25.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः स॑नोति वी॒र्या॑णि वि॒द्वान्त्स॒नोति॒ वाज॑म॒मृता॑य॒ भूष॑न् । स नो॑ दे॒वाँ एह व॑हा पुरुक्षो ॥
अग्निः सनोति वीर्याणि विद्वान्त्सनोति वाजममृताय भूषन् । स नो देवाँ एह वहा पुरुक्षो ॥
agniḥ sanoti vīryāṇi vidvān sanoti vājam amṛtāya bhūṣan | sa no devām̐ eha vahā purukṣo ||
English translation:
“The wise Agni bestows faculties (securing prosperity and descendants); adorning (the world with lustre) he gives (sacrificial food) to the immortals; Agni, (to whom) many oblations (are offered), bring hither to us the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । स॒नो॒ति॒ । वी॒र्या॑णि । वि॒द्वान् । स॒नोति॑ । वाज॑म् । अ॒मृता॑य । भूष॑न् । सः । नः॒ । दे॒वान् । आ । इ॒ह । व॒ह॒ । पु॒रु॒क्षो॒ इति॑ पुरुऽक्षो ॥
अग्निः । सनोति । वीर्याणि । विद्वान् । सनोति । वाजम् । अमृताय । भूषन् । सः । नः । देवान् । आ । इह । वह । पुरुक्षो इति पुरुक्षो ॥
agniḥ | sanoti | vīryāṇi | vidvān | sanoti | vājam | amṛtāya | bhūṣan | saḥ | naḥ | devān | ā | iha | vaha | purukṣo itipuru-kṣo
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.25.2 English analysis of grammar]
[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
“win; get; gain.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“win; get; gain.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“amṛta; immortality; vatsanābha; ambrosia; mercury; medicine; vighasa; calcium hydroxide.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“endeavor; attend; strive.”
[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], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, 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].”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine