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 6.7.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नाभिं॑ य॒ज्ञानां॒ सद॑नं रयी॒णां म॒हामा॑हा॒वम॒भि सं न॑वन्त । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रं र॒थ्य॑मध्व॒राणां॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ के॒तुं ज॑नयन्त दे॒वाः ॥
नाभिं यज्ञानां सदनं रयीणां महामाहावमभि सं नवन्त । वैश्वानरं रथ्यमध्वराणां यज्ञस्य केतुं जनयन्त देवाः ॥
nābhiṃ yajñānāṃ sadanaṃ rayīṇām mahām āhāvam abhi saṃ navanta | vaiśvānaraṃ rathyam adhvarāṇāṃ yajñasya ketuṃ janayanta devāḥ ||
English translation:
“(The worshippers) glorify together, (Agni), the bond of sacrifices, the abode of riches, the great receptacle of burnt-offerings; the gods genitive rate vaśvānara, the conveyer of oblations, the emblem of sacrifice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The bond of sacrifices: nābhim yañānām: nābhi = vahanam, bandhakam, the connecting link or binding of differing rites
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नाभि॑म् । य॒ज्ञाना॑म् । सद॑नम् । र॒यी॒णाम् । म॒हाम् । आ॒ऽहा॒वम् । अ॒भि । सम् । न॒व॒न्त॒ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रम् । र॒थ्य॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒राणा॑म् । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । के॒तुम् । ज॒न॒य॒न्त॒ । दे॒वाः ॥
नाभिम् । यज्ञानाम् । सदनम् । रयीणाम् । महाम् । आहावम् । अभि । सम् । नवन्त । वैश्वानरम् । रथ्यम् । अध्वराणाम् । यज्ञस्य । केतुम् । जनयन्त । देवाः ॥
nābhim | yajñānām | sadanam | rayīṇām | mahām | āhāvam | abhi | sam | navanta | vaiśvānaram | rathyam | adhvarāṇām | yajñasya | ketum | janayanta | devāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.7.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“navel; hub; kinship; beginning; origin; umbilical cord; nābhi [word]; friendship; center.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“wealth; property.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bucket; āhāva [word]; manger.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“praise; shout.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[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.”