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 5.1.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्यं॑ भरन्ति क्षि॒तयो॑ यविष्ठ ब॒लिम॑ग्ने॒ अन्ति॑त॒ ओत दू॒रात् । आ भन्दि॑ष्ठस्य सुम॒तिं चि॑किद्धि बृ॒हत्ते॑ अग्ने॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ भ॒द्रम् ॥
तुभ्यं भरन्ति क्षितयो यविष्ठ बलिमग्ने अन्तित ओत दूरात् । आ भन्दिष्ठस्य सुमतिं चिकिद्धि बृहत्ते अग्ने महि शर्म भद्रम् ॥
tubhyam bharanti kṣitayo yaviṣṭha balim agne antita ota dūrāt | ā bhandiṣṭhasya sumatiṃ cikiddhi bṛhat te agne mahi śarma bhadram ||

English translation:

“To you, young (of the gods), men present oblations, whether nigh or from far; accept the praise of him who most extols you; for the felicity (which you confer). Agni is great, vast, auspicious.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): buddhagaviṣṭharāvātreyī;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्य॑म् । भ॒र॒न्ति॒ । क्षि॒तयः॑ । य॒वि॒ष्ठ॒ । ब॒लिम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अन्ति॑तः । आ । उ॒त । दू॒रात् । आ । भन्दि॑ष्ठस्य । सु॒ऽम॒तिम् । चि॒कि॒द्धि॒ । बृ॒हत् । ते॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । महि॑ । शर्म॑ । भ॒द्रम् ॥
तुभ्यम् । भरन्ति । क्षितयः । यविष्ठ । बलिम् । अग्ने । अन्तितः । आ । उत । दूरात् । आ । भन्दिष्ठस्य । सुमतिम् । चिकिद्धि । बृहत् । ते । अग्ने । महि । शर्म । भद्रम् ॥
tubhyam | bharanti | kṣitayaḥ | yaviṣṭha | balim | agne | antitaḥ | ā | uta | dūrāt | ā | bhandiṣṭhasya | su-matim | cikiddhi | bṛhat | te | agne | mahi | śarma | bhadram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.1.10 English analysis of grammar]

tubhyam < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

bharanti < bhṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

kṣitayo < kṣitayaḥ < kṣiti

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī; people; dwelling; battlefield; Earth; estate; colony; house.”

yaviṣṭha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“youngest.”

balim < bali

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sulfur; bali; Bali; tribute; tax; bali [word]; Bali.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

antita < antitas

[adverb]

“nearby.”

ota < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

ota < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

dūrāt

[adverb]

“far.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

bhandiṣṭhasya < bhandiṣṭha

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“favored.”

sumatiṃ < sumatim < sumati

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”

cikiddhi < cit

[verb], singular, Perfect imperative

“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”

bṛhat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

mahi

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“great; firm.”

śarma < śarman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”

bhadram < bhadra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”

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