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 5.10.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॒ त्ये अ॑ग्ने अ॒र्चयो॒ भ्राज॑न्तो यन्ति धृष्णु॒या । परि॑ज्मानो॒ न वि॒द्युत॑: स्वा॒नो रथो॒ न वा॑ज॒युः ॥
तव त्ये अग्ने अर्चयो भ्राजन्तो यन्ति धृष्णुया । परिज्मानो न विद्युतः स्वानो रथो न वाजयुः ॥
tava tye agne arcayo bhrājanto yanti dhṛṣṇuyā | parijmāno na vidyutaḥ svāno ratho na vājayuḥ ||

English translation:

“These your bright and fierce flames, Agni, spread around like the circumambient lightning, and are like a rattling chariot rushing (into battle) for booty.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gaya ātreyaḥ [gaya ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ । त्ये । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अ॒र्चयः॑ । भ्राज॑न्तः । य॒न्ति॒ । धृ॒ष्णु॒ऽया । परि॑ऽज्मानः । न । वि॒ऽद्युतः॑ । स्वा॒नः । रथः॑ । न । वा॒ज॒युः ॥
तव । त्ये । अग्ने । अर्चयः । भ्राजन्तः । यन्ति । धृष्णुया । परिज्मानः । न । विद्युतः । स्वानः । रथः । न । वाजयुः ॥
tava | tye | agne | arcayaḥ | bhrājantaḥ | yanti | dhṛṣṇu-yā | pari-jmānaḥ | na | vi-dyutaḥ | svānaḥ | rathaḥ | na | vājayuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.10.5 English analysis of grammar]

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

tye < tya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“that.”

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.”

arcayo < arcayaḥ < arci

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“flare.”

bhrājanto < bhrājantaḥ < bhrāj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“shine; glitter; look.”

yanti < i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

dhṛṣṇuyā

[adverb]

“boldly.”

parijmāno < parijmānaḥ < parijman

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“encompassing(a).”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vidyutaḥ < vidyut

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“lightning; Vidyut; thunderbolt.”

svāno < svānaḥ < svāna

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sound.”

ratho < rathaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vājayuḥ < vājayu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“competing(a); competitive.”

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