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 6.9.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अ॑नमस्यन्भिया॒नास्त्वाम॑ग्ने॒ तम॑सि तस्थि॒वांस॑म् । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो॑ऽवतू॒तये॒ नोऽम॑र्त्योऽवतू॒तये॑ नः ॥
विश्वे देवा अनमस्यन्भियानास्त्वामग्ने तमसि तस्थिवांसम् । वैश्वानरोऽवतूतये नोऽमर्त्योऽवतूतये नः ॥
viśve devā anamasyan bhiyānās tvām agne tamasi tasthivāṃsam | vaiśvānaro 'vatūtaye no 'martyo 'vatūtaye naḥ ||
English translation:
“All the gods, alarmed, venerate you, Agni, abiding in darkness; may vaiśvānara preserve us with his protection; may the immortal Agni preserve us with his protection.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurigjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
विश्वे॑ । दे॒वाः । अ॒न॒म॒स्य॒न् । भि॒या॒नाः । त्वाम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । तम॑सि । त॒स्थि॒ऽवांस॑म् । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः । अ॒व॒तु॒ । ऊ॒तये॑ । नः॒ । अम॑र्त्यः । अ॒व॒तु॒ । ऊ॒तये॑ । नः॒ ॥
विश्वे । देवाः । अनमस्यन् । भियानाः । त्वाम् । अग्ने । तमसि । तस्थिवांसम् । वैश्वानरः । अवतु । ऊतये । नः । अमर्त्यः । अवतु । ऊतये । नः ॥
viśve | devāḥ | anamasyan | bhiyānāḥ | tvām | agne | tamasi | tasthi-vāṃsam | vaiśvānaraḥ | avatu | ūtaye | naḥ | amartyaḥ | avatu | ūtaye | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.9.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“worship; respect.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“fear; fear.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“immortal.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”