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 4.10.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अधा॒ ह्य॑ग्ने॒ क्रतो॑र्भ॒द्रस्य॒ दक्ष॑स्य सा॒धोः । र॒थीॠ॒तस्य॑ बृह॒तो ब॒भूथ॑ ॥
अधा ह्यग्ने क्रतोर्भद्रस्य दक्षस्य साधोः । रथीॠतस्य बृहतो बभूथ ॥
adhā hy agne krator bhadrasya dakṣasya sādhoḥ | rathīr ṛtasya bṛhato babhūtha ||
English translation:
“Be now the conveyer, Agni, of our auspicious, powerful, efficacious, truthful, and great sacrifice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध॑ । हि । अ॒ग्ने॒ । क्रतोः॑ । भ॒द्रस्य॑ । दक्ष॑स्य । सा॒धोः । र॒थीः । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । बृ॒ह॒तः । ब॒भूथ॑ ॥
अध । हि । अग्ने । क्रतोः । भद्रस्य । दक्षस्य । साधोः । रथीः । ऋतस्य । बृहतः । बभूथ ॥
adha | hi | agne | kratoḥ | bhadrasya | dakṣasya | sādhoḥ | rathīḥ | ṛtasya | bṛhataḥ | babhūtha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.10.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], vocative, 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
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“good; good; correct; correct; sādhu [word]; excellent; efficient.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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.”