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 4.15.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निर्होता॑ नो अध्व॒रे वा॒जी सन्परि॑ णीयते । दे॒वो दे॒वेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिय॑: ॥
अग्निर्होता नो अध्वरे वाजी सन्परि णीयते । देवो देवेषु यज्ञियः ॥
agnir hotā no adhvare vājī san pari ṇīyate | devo deveṣu yajñiyaḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni, the invoker (of the gods), like a horse (that bears a burden), is brought to our sacrifice; a deity adorable among deities.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Is brought to our sacrifice: pariṇīyate = implies a formal ceremonial, the bringing of the fire taken from the household fire wherewith to light the sacrificial fire; vāji san = a horse, i.e., whom they load as a horse bringing a load; Agni is brought to become the bearer of the oblation, havir vāhanaḥ (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 2.5)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । होता॑ । नः॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रे । वा॒जी । सन् । परि॑ । नी॒य॒ते॒ । दे॒वः । दे॒वेषु॑ । य॒ज्ञियः॑ ॥
अग्निः । होता । नः । अध्वरे । वाजी । सन् । परि । नीयते । देवः । देवेषु । यज्ञियः ॥
agniḥ | hotā | naḥ | adhvare | vājī | san | pari | nīyate | devaḥ | deveṣu | yajñiyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.15.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”