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 4.6.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अका॑रि॒ ब्रह्म॑ समिधान॒ तुभ्यं॒ शंसा॑त्यु॒क्थं यज॑ते॒ व्यू॑ धाः । होता॑रम॒ग्निं मनु॑षो॒ नि षे॑दुर्नम॒स्यन्त॑ उ॒शिज॒: शंस॑मा॒योः ॥
अकारि ब्रह्म समिधान तुभ्यं शंसात्युक्थं यजते व्यू धाः । होतारमग्निं मनुषो नि षेदुर्नमस्यन्त उशिजः शंसमायोः ॥
akāri brahma samidhāna tubhyaṃ śaṃsāty ukthaṃ yajate vy ū dhāḥ | hotāram agnim manuṣo ni ṣedur namasyanta uśijaḥ śaṃsam āyoḥ ||
English translation:
“Well-kindled Agni, for you the prayer has been composed; may (the priest) propitiate (you) by (his) praise; the (sacrificer) offers worship; bestow upon us manifold (wealth); desiring (riches), men sit down adoring Agni, the invoker of the gods, the glorifier of mankind.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The prayer has been composed: akāri brahma + the prayer or praise has been made
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अका॑रि । ब्रह्म॑ । स॒म्ऽइ॒धा॒न॒ । तुभ्य॑म् । शंसा॑ति । उ॒क्थम् । यज॑ते । वि । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । धाः॒ । होता॑रम् । अ॒ग्निम् । मनु॑षः । नि । से॒दुः॒ । न॒म॒स्यन्तः॑ । उ॒शिजः॑ । शंस॑म् । आ॒योः ॥
अकारि । ब्रह्म । सम्इधान । तुभ्यम् । शंसाति । उक्थम् । यजते । वि । ऊँ इति । धाः । होतारम् । अग्निम् । मनुषः । नि । सेदुः । नमस्यन्तः । उशिजः । शंसम् । आयोः ॥
akāri | brahma | sam-idhāna | tubhyam | śaṃsāti | uktham | yajate | vi | oṃ iti | dhāḥ | hotāram | agnim | manuṣaḥ | ni | seduḥ | namasyantaḥ | uśijaḥ | śaṃsam | āyoḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.6.11 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“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], nominative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[adverb]
“ūkāra.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Manu; man.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“worship; respect.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine