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 5.26.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वी॒तिहो॑त्रं त्वा कवे द्यु॒मन्तं॒ समि॑धीमहि । अग्ने॑ बृ॒हन्त॑मध्व॒रे ॥
वीतिहोत्रं त्वा कवे द्युमन्तं समिधीमहि । अग्ने बृहन्तमध्वरे ॥
vītihotraṃ tvā kave dyumantaṃ sam idhīmahi | agne bṛhantam adhvare ||
English translation:
“We kindle you at the sacrifice, wise Agni, whose food is the oblation, who are brilliant and vast.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasuyava ātreyaḥ [vasuyava ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वी॒तिऽहो॑त्रम् । त्वा॒ । क॒वे॒ । द्यु॒ऽमन्त॑म् । सम् । इ॒धी॒म॒हि॒ । अग्ने॑ । बृ॒हन्त॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒रे ॥
वीतिहोत्रम् । त्वा । कवे । द्युमन्तम् । सम् । इधीमहि । अग्ने । बृहन्तम् । अध्वरे ॥
vīti-hotram | tvā | kave | dyu-mantam | sam | idhīmahi | agne | bṛhantam | adhvare
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.26.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vītihotra; Agni.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bright; brilliant; brilliant; loud.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”