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 5.1.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निर्होता॒ न्य॑सीद॒द्यजी॑यानु॒पस्थे॑ मा॒तुः सु॑र॒भा उ॑ लो॒के । युवा॑ क॒विः पु॑रुनि॒ष्ठ ऋ॒तावा॑ ध॒र्ता कृ॑ष्टी॒नामु॒त मध्य॑ इ॒द्धः ॥
अग्निर्होता न्यसीदद्यजीयानुपस्थे मातुः सुरभा उ लोके । युवा कविः पुरुनिष्ठ ऋतावा धर्ता कृष्टीनामुत मध्य इद्धः ॥
agnir hotā ny asīdad yajīyān upasthe mātuḥ surabhā u loke | yuvā kaviḥ puruniṣṭha ṛtāvā dhartā kṛṣṭīnām uta madhya iddhaḥ ||
English translation:
“The adorable Agni, the offerer of the oblation, has sat down in a fragrant plural ce on the top of his mother (earth); youthful, wise, many-stationed, the celebrator of sacrifice, the sustainer (of all), kindled (he abides) among men.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
In a fragrant plural ce: surabha = surabhau loke, fragrant with the odour of ghī and other offerings, the altar
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): buddhagaviṣṭharāvātreyī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । होता॑ । नि । अ॒सी॒द॒त् । यजी॑यान् । उ॒पऽस्थे॑ । मा॒तुः । सु॒र॒भौ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । लो॒के । युवा॑ । क॒विः । पु॒रु॒निः॒ऽष्ठः । ऋ॒तऽवा॑ । ध॒र्ता । कृ॒ष्टी॒नाम् । उ॒त । मध्ये॑ । इ॒द्धः ॥
अग्निः । होता । नि । असीदत् । यजीयान् । उपस्थे । मातुः । सुरभौ । ऊँ इति । लोके । युवा । कविः । पुरुनिःष्ठः । ऋतवा । धर्ता । कृष्टीनाम् । उत । मध्ये । इद्धः ॥
agniḥ | hotā | ni | asīdat | yajīyān | upa-sthe | mātuḥ | surabhau | oṃ iti | loke | yuvā | kaviḥ | puruniḥ-ṣṭhaḥ | ṛta-vā | dhartā | kṛṣṭīnām | uta | madhye | iddhaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.1.6 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.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“fragrant; perfumed; surabhi [word].”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Loka; Earth; world; vernacular; people; room; world; Earth; loka [word]; space; Loka; topographic point; region; common sense.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“young; youthful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun]
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“niṣṭhā; perfection; death; end; decision; firmness.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“people; citizenry.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“midst; center; cavity; inside; middle; center; waist; group; pulp; torso; time interval; area; series; madhya [word]; Madhya; noon; middle; middle age; span; belly.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”