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 3.27.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वृषो॑ अ॒ग्निः समि॑ध्य॒तेऽश्वो॒ न दे॑व॒वाह॑नः । तं ह॒विष्म॑न्त ईळते ॥
वृषो अग्निः समिध्यतेऽश्वो न देववाहनः । तं हविष्मन्त ईळते ॥
vṛṣo agniḥ sam idhyate 'śvo na devavāhanaḥ | taṃ haviṣmanta īḻate ||
English translation:
“The offerers of oblations glorify that Agni who is the showerer (of benefits) and is the bearer of the offerings to the gods as a horse (bears his rider to his home).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvāmitraḥ [viśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वृषो॒ इति॑ । अ॒ग्निः । सम् । इ॒ध्य॒ते॒ । अश्वः॑ । न । दे॒व॒ऽवाह॑नः । तम् । ह॒विष्म॑न्तः । ई॒ळ॒ते॒ ॥
वृषो इति । अग्निः । सम् । इध्यते । अश्वः । न । देववाहनः । तम् । हविष्मन्तः । ईळते ॥
vṛṣo iti | agniḥ | sam | idhyate | aśvaḥ | na | deva-vāhanaḥ | tam | haviṣmantaḥ | īḷate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.27.14 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; vṛṣa [word]; vṛṣ; Justicia gendarussa Burm.F.; bull; Taurus; bull.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bringing; carrying.”
[noun], accusative, 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], nominative, plural, masculine
“sacrificing.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“praise; invite; raise.”