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 3.29.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कृ॒णोत॑ धू॒मं वृष॑णं सखा॒योऽस्रे॑धन्त इतन॒ वाज॒मच्छ॑ । अ॒यम॒ग्निः पृ॑तना॒षाट् सु॒वीरो॒ येन॑ दे॒वासो॒ अस॑हन्त॒ दस्यू॑न् ॥
कृणोत धूमं वृषणं सखायोऽस्रेधन्त इतन वाजमच्छ । अयमग्निः पृतनाषाट् सुवीरो येन देवासो असहन्त दस्यून् ॥
kṛṇota dhūmaṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ sakhāyo 'sredhanta itana vājam accha | ayam agniḥ pṛtanāṣāṭ suvīro yena devāso asahanta dasyūn ||
English translation:
“Produce, friends, smoke, the showerer (of benefits); indefatigable person st in the contest with (Agni); the heroic Agni is able to encounter hosts, and by him the gods overcome their foes.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Produce smoke: kṛṇota dhūmam, produce fire,by metonymy
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कृ॒णोत॑ । धू॒म॑म् । वृष॑णम् । स॒खा॒यः॒ । अस्रे॑धन्तः । इ॒त॒न॒ । वाज॑म् । अच्छ॑ । अ॒यम् । अ॒ग्निः । पृ॒त॒ना॒षाट् । सु॒ऽवीरः॑ । येन॑ । दे॒वासः॑ । अस॑हन्त । दस्यू॑न् ॥
कृणोत । धूमम् । वृषणम् । सखायः । अस्रेधन्तः । इतन । वाजम् । अच्छ । अयम् । अग्निः । पृतनाषाट् । सुवीरः । येन । देवासः । असहन्त । दस्यून् ॥
kṛṇota | dhūmam | vṛṣaṇam | sakhāyaḥ | asredhantaḥ | itana | vājam | accha | ayam | agniḥ | pṛtanāṣāṭ | su-vīraḥ | yena | devāsaḥ | asahanta | dasyūn
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.29.9 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“smoke; dhūmavedha; carbon black; dhūmana; mist; vapor; vaporization; dhūma [word]; incense.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[adverb]
“towards; accha [prefix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“endure; overcome; habituate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”