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 5.11.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाम॑ग्ने॒ अङ्गि॑रसो॒ गुहा॑ हि॒तमन्व॑विन्दञ्छिश्रिया॒णं वने॑वने । स जा॑यसे म॒थ्यमा॑न॒: सहो॑ म॒हत्त्वामा॑हु॒: सह॑सस्पु॒त्रम॑ङ्गिरः ॥
त्वामग्ने अङ्गिरसो गुहा हितमन्वविन्दञ्छिश्रियाणं वनेवने । स जायसे मथ्यमानः सहो महत्त्वामाहुः सहसस्पुत्रमङ्गिरः ॥
tvām agne aṅgiraso guhā hitam anv avindañ chiśriyāṇaṃ vane-vane | sa jāyase mathyamānaḥ saho mahat tvām āhuḥ sahasas putram aṅgiraḥ ||

English translation:

“The Aṅgirasas discovered you, Agni, hidden in secret, and taking refuge from wood to wood; you are genitive rated, being churned with great force; therefore they have called you, Aṅgiras, the son of strength.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अङ्गि॑रसः । गुहा॑ । हि॒तम् । अनु॑ । अ॒वि॒न्द॒न् । शि॒श्रि॒या॒णम् । वने॑ऽवने । सः । जा॒य॒से॒ । म॒थ्यमा॑नः । सहः॑ । म॒हत् । त्वाम् । आ॑हुः॑ । सह॑सः । पु॒त्रम् । अ॒ङ्गि॒रः॒ ॥
त्वाम् । अग्ने । अङ्गिरसः । गुहा । हितम् । अनु । अविन्दन् । शिश्रियाणम् । वनेवने । सः । जायसे । मथ्यमानः । सहः । महत् । त्वाम् । आहुः । सहसः । पुत्रम् । अङ्गिरः ॥
tvām | agne | aṅgirasaḥ | guhā | hitam | anu | avindan | śiśriyāṇam | vane--vane | saḥ | jāyase | mathyamānaḥ | sahaḥ | mahat | tvām | āhuḥ | sahasaḥ | putram | aṅgiraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.11.6 English analysis of grammar]

tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, 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.”

aṅgiraso < aṅgirasaḥ < aṅgiras

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”

guhā

[adverb]

“secretly.”

hitam < dhā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

anv < anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

avindañchiśriyāṇaṃ < avindan < vid

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

avindañchiśriyāṇaṃ < śiśriyāṇam < śri

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”

vane < vana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”

vane < vana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

jāyase < jan

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

mathyamānaḥ < math

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“churn; knead; trample; full; stir; crush.”

saho < sahaḥ < sahas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

mahat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”

tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

āhuḥ < ah

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“describe; state; say; enumerate; call; name; teach; tell; deem; explain; say; define.”

sahasas < sahas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

putram < putra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”

aṅgiraḥ < aṅgiras

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”

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