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 5.14.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निमी॒ळेन्यं॑ क॒विं घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठं सपर्यत । वेतु॑ मे शृ॒णव॒द्धव॑म् ॥
अग्निमीळेन्यं कविं घृतपृष्ठं सपर्यत । वेतु मे शृणवद्धवम् ॥
agnim īḻenyaṃ kaviṃ ghṛtapṛṣṭhaṃ saparyata | vetu me śṛṇavad dhavam ||
English translation:
“Worship the adorable Agni, the sage, whose summit blazes with butter; may he hear and comprehend my invocations.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sutambhara ātreyaḥ [sutambhara ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम् । ई॒ळेन्य॑म् । क॒विम् । घृ॒तऽपृ॑ष्ठम् । स॒प॒र्य॒त॒ । वेतु॑ । मे॒ । षृ॒णव॑त् । हव॑म् ॥
अग्निम् । ईळेन्यम् । कविम् । घृतपृष्ठम् । सपर्यत । वेतु । मे । षृणवत् । हवम् ॥
agnim | īḷenyam | kavim | ghṛta-pṛṣṭham | saparyata | vetu | me | ṣṛṇavat | havam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.14.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“praise; invite; raise.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“worship.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“invocation.”