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 6.15.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
समि॑द्धम॒ग्निं स॒मिधा॑ गि॒रा गृ॑णे॒ शुचिं॑ पाव॒कं पु॒रो अ॑ध्व॒रे ध्रु॒वम् । विप्रं॒ होता॑रं पुरु॒वार॑म॒द्रुहं॑ क॒विं सु॒म्नैरी॑महे जा॒तवे॑दसम् ॥
समिद्धमग्निं समिधा गिरा गृणे शुचिं पावकं पुरो अध्वरे ध्रुवम् । विप्रं होतारं पुरुवारमद्रुहं कविं सुम्नैरीमहे जातवेदसम् ॥
samiddham agniṃ samidhā girā gṛṇe śucim pāvakam puro adhvare dhruvam | vipraṃ hotāram puruvāram adruhaṃ kaviṃ sumnair īmahe jātavedasam ||
English translation:
“I glorify with praise the kindled Agni, pure purifying, permanent, (plural ced) before (us) at the sacrifice; let us celebrate with plural asant (hymns) the wise Agni, the invoker of the gods, the adored of many, the benevolent, the far-seeing, him who knows all that exists.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम्ऽइ॑द्धम् । अ॒ग्निम् । स॒म्ऽइधा॑ । गि॒रा । गृ॒णे॒ । शुचि॑म् । पा॒व॒कम् । पु॒रः । अ॒ध्व॒रे । ध्रु॒वम् । विप्र॑म् । होता॑रम् । पु॒रु॒ऽवार॑म् । अ॒द्रुह॑म् । क॒विम् । सु॒म्नैः । ई॒म॒हे॒ । जा॒तऽवे॑दसम् ॥
सम्इद्धम् । अग्निम् । सम्इधा । गिरा । गृणे । शुचिम् । पावकम् । पुरः । अध्वरे । ध्रुवम् । विप्रम् । होतारम् । पुरुवारम् । अद्रुहम् । कविम् । सुम्नैः । ईमहे । जातवेदसम् ॥
sam-iddham | agnim | sam-idhā | girā | gṛṇe | śucim | pāvakam | puraḥ | adhvare | dhruvam | vipram | hotāram | puru-vāram | adruham | kavim | sumnaiḥ | īmahe | jāta-vedasam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.15.7 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“praise.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“pure; purifying; pure; āgneya; clear; bright; bright.”
[adverb]
“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“certain; fixed; permanent; changeless; firm; safe; resident; immovable; fixed; fixed; vital; faithful.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun]
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“treasure; choice.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friendly; benign.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“beg; solicit.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”