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 6.9.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अह॑श्च कृ॒ष्णमह॒रर्जु॑नं च॒ वि व॑र्तेते॒ रज॑सी वे॒द्याभि॑: । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो जाय॑मानो॒ न राजावा॑तिर॒ज्ज्योति॑षा॒ग्निस्तमां॑सि ॥
अहश्च कृष्णमहरर्जुनं च वि वर्तेते रजसी वेद्याभिः । वैश्वानरो जायमानो न राजावातिरज्ज्योतिषाग्निस्तमांसि ॥
ahaś ca kṛṣṇam ahar arjunaṃ ca vi vartete rajasī vedyābhiḥ | vaiśvānaro jāyamāno na rājāvātiraj jyotiṣāgnis tamāṃsi ||
English translation:
“The dark day and the light day revolve alternate, affecting (the world) by their recognizable (properties); Agni vaiśvānara, manifested like a prince, dispels darkness by his lustre.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अहः॑ । च॒ । कृ॒ष्णम् । अहः॑ । अर्जु॑नम् । च॒ । वि । व॒र्ते॒ते॒ इति॑ । रज॑सी॒ इति॑ । वे॒द्याभिः॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः । जाय॑मानः । न । राजा॑ । अव॑ । अ॒ति॒र॒त् । ज्योति॑षा । अ॒ग्निः । तमां॑सि ॥
अहः । च । कृष्णम् । अहः । अर्जुनम् । च । वि । वर्तेते इति । रजसी इति । वेद्याभिः । वैश्वानरः । जायमानः । न । राजा । अव । अतिरत् । ज्योतिषा । अग्निः । तमांसि ॥
ahaḥ | ca | kṛṣṇam | ahaḥ | arjunam | ca | vi | varteteiti | rajasī iti | vedyābhiḥ | vaiśvānaraḥ | jāyamānaḥ | na | rājā | ava | atirat | jyotiṣā | agniḥ | tamāṃsi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.9.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“black; dark; dark; blue; black.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“white; clean; light.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[noun], nominative, dual, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[verb noun], nominative, 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.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“descend; be born; incarnate; come out; alight; overcome.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”