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 6.15.19
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
व॒यमु॑ त्वा गृहपते जनाना॒मग्ने॒ अक॑र्म स॒मिधा॑ बृ॒हन्त॑म् । अ॒स्थू॒रि नो॒ गार्ह॑पत्यानि सन्तु ति॒ग्मेन॑ न॒स्तेज॑सा॒ सं शि॑शाधि ॥
वयमु त्वा गृहपते जनानामग्ने अकर्म समिधा बृहन्तम् । अस्थूरि नो गार्हपत्यानि सन्तु तिग्मेन नस्तेजसा सं शिशाधि ॥
vayam u tvā gṛhapate janānām agne akarma samidhā bṛhantam | asthūri no gārhapatyāni santu tigmena nas tejasā saṃ śiśādhi ||
English translation:
“Lord of the house, Agni, we, among men, promote your increase by soma or fuel; may our domestic fires be supplied with all that is essential; enliven us with brilliant radiance.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
With all that is essential: asthūri = asthūriṇa gārhapatyāni santu; isthūri is properly a one-horse car or waggon which bring either the soma or fuel; with negative prefix asthūri, it implies a non-one-horse cart, that is a cart with a full team, and metonymically, its contents, or a full supply of what is wanted for a perfect sacrifice, such as children, cattle, riches, asthūriṇi putra-paśu-dhanādibhiḥ saṃpūrṇāni
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
व॒यम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्वा॒ । गृ॒ह॒ऽप॒ते॒ । ज॒ना॒ना॒म् । अग्ने॑ । अक॑र्म । स॒म्ऽइधा॑ । बृ॒हन्त॑म् । अ॒स्थू॒रि । नः॒ । गार्ह॑पत्यानि । स॒न्तु॒ । ति॒ग्मेन॑ । नः॒ । तेज॑सा । सम् । सि॒शा॒धि॒ ॥
वयम् । ऊँ इति । त्वा । गृहपते । जनानाम् । अग्ने । अकर्म । सम्इधा । बृहन्तम् । अस्थूरि । नः । गार्हपत्यानि । सन्तु । तिग्मेन । नः । तेजसा । सम् । सिशाधि ॥
vayam | oṃ iti | tvā | gṛha-pate | janānām | agne | akarma | sam-idhā | bṛhantam | asthūri | naḥ | gārhapatyāni | santu | tigmena | naḥ | tejasā | sam | siśādhi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.15.19 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“gṛhapati [word]; Gṛhastha.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“sharp; pointed; fiery.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“magnificence; luminosity; glory; fire; semen; fire; heat; light; quintessence; brilliance; glare; dignity; beauty; tejas; potency; ferocity; power; edge; efficacy; ardor; authority.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”