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 6.16.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाम॑ग्ने स्वा॒ध्यो॒३॒॑ मर्ता॑सो दे॒ववी॑तये । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ दे॒वमी॑ळते ॥
त्वामग्ने स्वाध्यो मर्तासो देववीतये । यज्ञेषु देवमीळते ॥
tvām agne svādhyo martāso devavītaye | yajñeṣu devam īḻate ||

English translation:

“Pious mortals invoke you, divine Agni, at sacrifices, to convey their (sacrificial) food to the gods.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । सु॒ऽआ॒ध्यः॑ । मर्ता॑सः । दे॒वऽवी॑तये । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । दे॒वम् । ई॒ळ॒ते॒ ॥
त्वाम् । अग्ने । सुआध्यः । मर्तासः । देववीतये । यज्ञेषु । देवम् । ईळते ॥
tvām | agne | su-ādhyaḥ | martāsaḥ | deva-vītaye | yajñeṣu | devam | īḷate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.16.7 English analysis of grammar]

tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

svādhyo < su

[adverb]

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

svādhyo < ādhyaḥ < ādhī

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“longing.”

martāso < martāsaḥ < marta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man.”

devavītaye < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devavītaye < vītaye < vīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

yajñeṣu < yajña

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

devam < deva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

īᄆate < īḍate < īḍ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“praise; invite; raise.”

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