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 4.6.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भ॒द्रा ते॑ अग्ने स्वनीक सं॒दृग्घो॒रस्य॑ स॒तो विषु॑णस्य॒ चारु॑: । न यत्ते॑ शो॒चिस्तम॑सा॒ वर॑न्त॒ न ध्व॒स्मान॑स्त॒न्वी॒३॒॑ रेप॒ आ धु॑: ॥
भद्रा ते अग्ने स्वनीक संदृग्घोरस्य सतो विषुणस्य चारुः । न यत्ते शोचिस्तमसा वरन्त न ध्वस्मानस्तन्वी रेप आ धुः ॥
bhadrā te agne svanīka saṃdṛg ghorasya sato viṣuṇasya cāruḥ | na yat te śocis tamasā varanta na dhvasmānas tanvī repa ā dhuḥ ||
English translation:
“Bright-shining, Agni, beautiful and auspicious is the semblance of you who are terrible and wide-spreading, for (the nights) hide not your splendour with darkness, nor do the malignant (spirits) inflict any injury on your person n.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भ॒द्रा । ते॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । सु॒ऽअ॒नी॒क॒ । स॒म्ऽदृक् । घो॒रस्य॑ । स॒तः । विषु॑णस्य । चारुः॑ । न । यत् । ते॒ । शो॒चिः । तम॑सा । वर॑न्त । न । ध्व॒स्मानः॑ । त॒न्वि॑ । रेपः॑ । आ । धु॒रिति॑ ॥
भद्रा । ते । अग्ने । सुअनीक । सम्दृक् । घोरस्य । सतः । विषुणस्य । चारुः । न । यत् । ते । शोचिः । तमसा । वरन्त । न । ध्वस्मानः । तन्वि । रेपः । आ । धुरिति ॥
bhadrā | te | agne | su-anīka | sam-dṛk | ghorasya | sataḥ | viṣuṇasya | cāruḥ | na | yat | te | śociḥ | tamasā | varanta | na | dhvasmānaḥ | tanvi | repaḥ | ā | dhuri ti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.6.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“army; face; battalion; battlefront; point; appearance.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“appearance; view; view.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“awful; dangerous; terrific; intense; dreadful.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“different; assorted; antipathetic; changing.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”