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 6.15.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तं सु॒प्रती॑कं सु॒दृशं॒ स्वञ्च॒मवि॑द्वांसो वि॒दुष्ट॑रं सपेम । स य॑क्ष॒द्विश्वा॑ व॒युना॑नि वि॒द्वान्प्र ह॒व्यम॒ग्निर॒मृते॑षु वोचत् ॥
तं सुप्रतीकं सुदृशं स्वञ्चमविद्वांसो विदुष्टरं सपेम । स यक्षद्विश्वा वयुनानि विद्वान्प्र हव्यमग्निरमृतेषु वोचत् ॥
taṃ supratīkaṃ sudṛśaṃ svañcam avidvāṃso viduṣṭaraṃ sapema | sa yakṣad viśvā vayunāni vidvān pra havyam agnir amṛteṣu vocat ||

English translation:

“We of little wisdom adore the most wise Agni, the well-formed, the well-looking the graceful-moving; may Agni, who knows all things that are to be known offer the sacrifice; may he announce the oblation to the immortals.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । सु॒ऽप्रती॑कम् । सु॒ऽदृश॑म् । सु॒ऽअञ्च॑म् । अवि॑द्वांसः । वि॒दुःऽत॑रम् । स॒पे॒म॒ । सः । य॒क्ष॒त् । विश्वा॑ । व॒युना॑नि । वि॒द्वान् । प्र । ह॒व्यम् । अ॒ग्निः । अ॒मृते॑षु । वो॒च॒त् ॥
तम् । सुप्रतीकम् । सुदृशम् । सुअञ्चम् । अविद्वांसः । विदुःतरम् । सपेम । सः । यक्षत् । विश्वा । वयुनानि । विद्वान् । प्र । हव्यम् । अग्निः । अमृतेषु । वोचत् ॥
tam | su-pratīkam | su-dṛśam | su-añcam | avidvāṃsaḥ | viduḥ-taram | sapema | saḥ | yakṣat | viśvā | vayunāni | vidvān | pra | havyam | agniḥ | amṛteṣu | vocat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.15.10 English analysis of grammar]

taṃ < tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

supratīkaṃ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

supratīkaṃ < pratīkam < pratīka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“face; surface.”

sudṛśaṃ < sudṛśam < sudṛś

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fine-looking.”

svañcam < svañc

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

avidvāṃso < avidvāṃsaḥ < avidvas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

viduṣṭaraṃ < viduṣṭaram < viduṣṭara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

sapema < sap

[verb], plural, Present optative

sa < tad

[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.”

yakṣad < yakṣat < yaj

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

vayunāni < vayuna

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“convention; custom; means.”

vidvān < vid

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

havyam < havya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

amṛteṣu < amṛta

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”

vocat < vac

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”

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