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 4.5.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒दं मे॑ अग्ने॒ किय॑ते पाव॒कामि॑नते गु॒रुं भा॒रं न मन्म॑ । बृ॒हद्द॑धाथ धृष॒ता ग॑भी॒रं य॒ह्वं पृ॒ष्ठं प्रय॑सा स॒प्तधा॑तु ॥
इदं मे अग्ने कियते पावकामिनते गुरुं भारं न मन्म । बृहद्दधाथ धृषता गभीरं यह्वं पृष्ठं प्रयसा सप्तधातु ॥
idam me agne kiyate pāvakāminate gurum bhāraṃ na manma | bṛhad dadhātha dhṛṣatā gabhīraṃ yahvam pṛṣṭham prayasā saptadhātu ||
English translation:
“Purifier, Agni, bestow on me, not neglecting your worship, this acceptable and vast (wealth), like a heavy load on a feeble (bearer), together with invigorating food; (wealth), secure, abundant, tangible, and consisting of the seven elements.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Saptadhātu = seven sorts of animals; sapta gramya paśavaḥ saptāraṇyaḥ, seven tame, seven wild animals (Taittirīya Saṃhitā 7.2.2.1)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒दम् । मे॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । किय॑ते । पा॒व॒क॒ । अमि॑नते । गु॒रुम् । भा॒रम् । न । मन्म॑ । बृ॒हत् । द॒धा॒थ॒ । धृ॒ष॒ता । ग॒भी॒रम् । य॒ह्वम् । पृ॒ष्ठम् । प्रय॑सा । स॒प्तऽधा॑तु ॥
इदम् । मे । अग्ने । कियते । पावक । अमिनते । गुरुम् । भारम् । न । मन्म । बृहत् । दधाथ । धृषता । गभीरम् । यह्वम् । पृष्ठम् । प्रयसा । सप्तधातु ॥
idam | me | agne | kiyate | pāvaka | āminate | gurum | bhāram | na | manma | bṛhat | dadhātha | dhṛṣatā | gabhīram | yahvam | pṛṣṭham | prayasā | sapta-dhātu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.5.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], dative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“some(a); some(a).”
[noun], masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; vahni.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“transgress; damage.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“heavy; guru; heavy; heavy; long; guru [word]; difficult; vehement; full; impressive; serious.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“weight; load; difficulty; bhāra [word]; bhāra; quantity; trouble; specific gravity; cargo; effort; labor.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hymn; idea; purpose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[verb noun], instrumental, singular
“dare; attack.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“deep; profound; immeasurable; unfathomable; unfathomable; mysterious; deep; countless.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“youngest; youthful; active.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“food; dainty; enjoyment.”
[noun]
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mineral; dhātu; saptadhātu; Sanskrit verbal root; etymon; aṣṭaloha; mahābhūta; gairika; component; navadhātu; svarṇamākṣika; doṣa; inorganic compound.”