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 5.51.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ सु॒तस्य॑ पी॒तये॒ विश्वै॒रूमे॑भि॒रा ग॑हि । दे॒वेभि॑र्ह॒व्यदा॑तये ॥
अग्ने सुतस्य पीतये विश्वैरूमेभिरा गहि । देवेभिर्हव्यदातये ॥
agne sutasya pītaye viśvair ūmebhir ā gahi | devebhir havyadātaye ||

English translation:

“Come, Agni, with all the protecting deities, to drink the libation; come with the gods”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): svastyātreyaḥ [svastyātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ । सु॒तस्य॑ । पी॒तये॑ । विश्वैः॑ । ऊमे॑भिः । आ । ग॒हि॒ । दे॒वेभिः॑ । ह॒व्यऽदा॑तये ॥
अग्ने । सुतस्य । पीतये । विश्वैः । ऊमेभिः । आ । गहि । देवेभिः । हव्यदातये ॥
agne | sutasya | pītaye | viśvaiḥ | ūmebhiḥ | ā | gahi | devebhiḥ | havya-dātaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.51.1 English analysis of grammar]

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.”

sutasya < suta

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma.”

pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

viśvair < viśvaiḥ < viśva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

ūmebhir < ūmebhiḥ < ūma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“assistant.”

ā

[adverb]

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

gahi < gam

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

devebhir < devebhiḥ < deva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

havyadātaye < havya

[noun], neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

havyadātaye < dātaye < dāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

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