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 6.7.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मू॒र्धानं॑ दि॒वो अ॑र॒तिं पृ॑थि॒व्या वै॑श्वान॒रमृ॒त आ जा॒तम॒ग्निम् । क॒विं स॒म्राज॒मति॑थिं॒ जना॑नामा॒सन्ना पात्रं॑ जनयन्त दे॒वाः ॥
मूर्धानं दिवो अरतिं पृथिव्या वैश्वानरमृत आ जातमग्निम् । कविं सम्राजमतिथिं जनानामासन्ना पात्रं जनयन्त देवाः ॥
mūrdhānaṃ divo aratim pṛthivyā vaiśvānaram ṛta ā jātam agnim | kaviṃ samrājam atithiṃ janānām āsann ā pātraṃ janayanta devāḥ ||
English translation:
“The gods have genitive rated vaśvānara Agni, as the brow of heaven, the unceasing pervader of earth, born for (the celebration of) sacrifice, wise, imperial, the guest of men, in whose mouth (is) the vessel (that conveys the oblation to the gods).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sāmaveda 67,1140; Yajurveda 7.24; the gods: deva = priests who genitive rate Agni by attrition;
Vaiśvānara = what or who belongs to or is beneficial to, all (viśva) men (naraḥ)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मू॒र्धान॑म् । दि॒वः । अ॒र॒तिम् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रम् । ऋ॒ते । आ । जा॒तम् । अ॒ग्निम् । क॒विम् । स॒म्ऽराजम् । अति॑थिम् । जना॑नाम् । आ॒सन् । आ । पात्र॑म् । ज॒न॒य॒न्त॒ । दे॒वाः ॥
मूर्धानम् । दिवः । अरतिम् । पृथिव्याः । वैश्वानरम् । ऋते । आ । जातम् । अग्निम् । कविम् । सम्राजम् । अतिथिम् । जनानाम् । आसन् । आ । पात्रम् । जनयन्त । देवाः ॥
mūrdhānam | divaḥ | aratim | pṛthivyāḥ | vaiśvānaram | ṛte | ā | jātam | agnim | kavim | sam-rājam | atithim | janānām | āsan | ā | pātram | janayanta | devāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.7.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“charioteer.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], accusative, 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
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sovereign; ruler.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“guest; atithi [word]; Atithi.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“mouth.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“vessel; pātra [word]; authority; receptacle; pātra; vessel; cup; bowl; basket.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”