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 4.2.19
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अक॑र्म ते॒ स्वप॑सो अभूम ऋ॒तम॑वस्रन्नु॒षसो॑ विभा॒तीः । अनू॑नम॒ग्निं पु॑रु॒धा सु॑श्च॒न्द्रं दे॒वस्य॒ मर्मृ॑जत॒श्चारु॒ चक्षु॑: ॥
अकर्म ते स्वपसो अभूम ऋतमवस्रन्नुषसो विभातीः । अनूनमग्निं पुरुधा सुश्चन्द्रं देवस्य मर्मृजतश्चारु चक्षुः ॥
akarma te svapaso abhūma ṛtam avasrann uṣaso vibhātīḥ | anūnam agnim purudhā suścandraṃ devasya marmṛjataś cāru cakṣuḥ ||
English translation:
“We have worshipped you (Agni), and have thereby become the performers of a good work, adoring the full and variously delighting Agni, the beautiful lustre of the radiant divinity, when the brilliant dawns have arrayed (themselves) in light.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अक॑र्म । ते॒ । सि॒ऽअप॑सः । अ॒भू॒म॒ । ऋ॒तम् । अ॒व॒स्र॒न् । उ॒षसः॑ । वि॒ऽभा॒तीः । अनू॑नम् । अ॒ग्निम् । पु॒रु॒धा । सु॒ऽच॒न्द्रम् । दे॒वस्य॑ । मर्मृ॑जतः । चारु॑ । चक्षुः॑ ॥
अकर्म । ते । सिअपसः । अभूम । ऋतम् । अवस्रन् । उषसः । विभातीः । अनूनम् । अग्निम् । पुरुधा । सुचन्द्रम् । देवस्य । मर्मृजतः । चारु । चक्षुः ॥
akarma | te | si-apasaḥ | abhūma | ṛtam | avasran | uṣasaḥ | vi-bhātīḥ | anūnam | agnim | purudhā | su-candram | devasya | marmṛjataḥ | cāru | cakṣuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.2.19 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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], dative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“work; deed.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“dawn; shine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“shine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“perfect; entire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“multiply.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“shining; glistening; brilliant.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“groom; wash; rub.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”