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 6.12.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मध्ये॒ होता॑ दुरो॒णे ब॒र्हिषो॒ राळ॒ग्निस्तो॒दस्य॒ रोद॑सी॒ यज॑ध्यै । अ॒यं स सू॒नुः सह॑स ऋ॒तावा॑ दू॒रात्सूर्यो॒ न शो॒चिषा॑ ततान ॥
मध्ये होता दुरोणे बर्हिषो राळग्निस्तोदस्य रोदसी यजध्यै । अयं स सूनुः सहस ऋतावा दूरात्सूर्यो न शोचिषा ततान ॥
madhye hotā duroṇe barhiṣo rāḻ agnis todasya rodasī yajadhyai | ayaṃ sa sūnuḥ sahasa ṛtāvā dūrāt sūryo na śociṣā tatāna ||
English translation:
“Agni, the invoker of the gods, the lord of sacrifice, abides in the dwelling of the instrumental tutor of the rite, to offer sacrifice to heaven and earth; he, the son of strength, the observer of truth, has overspread (the world) from afar, like the sun, with light.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Of the instrumental tutor: todasya, from tud, to torment or distress; he who is distressed by ascetic devotion, tapasā pīḍyate, i.e. the yajamāna
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मध्ये॑ । होता॑ । दु॒रो॒णे । ब॒र्हिषः॑ । राट् । अ॒ग्निः । तो॒दस्य॑ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । यज॑ध्यै । अ॒यम् । सः । सू॒नुः । सह॑सः । ऋ॒तऽवा॑ । दू॒रात् । सूर्यः॑ । न । शो॒चिषा॑ । त॒ता॒न॒ ॥
मध्ये । होता । दुरोणे । बर्हिषः । राट् । अग्निः । तोदस्य । रोदसी इति । यजध्यै । अयम् । सः । सूनुः । सहसः । ऋतवा । दूरात् । सूर्यः । न । शोचिषा । ततान ॥
madhye | hotā | duroṇe | barhiṣaḥ | rāṭ | agniḥ | todasya | rodasī iti | yajadhyai | ayam | saḥ | sūnuḥ | sahasaḥ | ṛta-vā | dūrāt | sūryaḥ | na | śociṣā | tatāna
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.12.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“intermediate; central; average; normal; middle; madhya [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“home; dwelling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; best; rāj; rāj [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“toda; ache; prickling.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[verb noun]
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; offspring.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“distance; distance; farness.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”