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 3.27.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पृ॒थु॒पाजा॒ अम॑र्त्यो घृ॒तनि॑र्णि॒क्स्वा॑हुतः । अ॒ग्निर्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ हव्य॒वाट् ॥
पृथुपाजा अमर्त्यो घृतनिर्णिक्स्वाहुतः । अग्निर्यज्ञस्य हव्यवाट् ॥
pṛthupājā amartyo ghṛtanirṇik svāhutaḥ | agnir yajñasya havyavāṭ ||

English translation:

Agni, the bright-shining, the immortal, the cleanser with clarified butter, the fitly-involved, the bearer of the oblation in the sacrifice.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvāmitraḥ [viśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पृ॒थु॒ऽपाजाः॑ । अम॑र्त्यः । घृ॒तऽनि॑र्निक् । सुऽआ॑हुतः । अ॒ग्निः । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाट् ॥
पृथुपाजाः । अमर्त्यः । घृतनिर्निक् । सुआहुतः । अग्निः । यज्ञस्य । हव्यवाट् ॥
pṛthu-pājāḥ | amartyaḥ | ghṛta-nirnik | su-āhutaḥ | agniḥ | yajñasya | havya-vāṭ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.27.5 English analysis of grammar]

pṛthupājā < pṛthu

[noun]

“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”

pṛthupājā < pājāḥ < pājas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“luminosity; look.”

amartyo < amartyaḥ < amartya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“immortal.”

ghṛtanirṇik < ghṛta

[noun], neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ghṛtanirṇik < nirṇij

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“attire; garment.”

svāhutaḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

svāhutaḥ < āhutaḥ < āhu < √hu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sacrifice; sprinkle.”

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

yajñasya < yajña

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

havyavāṭ < havyavah

[noun], nominative, singular

“Agni; fire.”

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