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 6.16.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं होता॒ मनु॑र्हितो॒ वह्नि॑रा॒सा वि॒दुष्ट॑रः । अग्ने॒ यक्षि॑ दि॒वो विश॑: ॥
त्वं होता मनुर्हितो वह्निरासा विदुष्टरः । अग्ने यक्षि दिवो विशः ॥
tvaṃ hotā manurhito vahnir āsā viduṣṭaraḥ | agne yakṣi divo viśaḥ ||
English translation:
“You have been appointed by manu, the invoker of the gods, the most wise bearer of oblations (to them) by your mouth; worship, Agni, the people of heaven.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । होता॑ । मनुः॑ऽहितः । वह्निः॑ । आ॒सा । वि॒दुःऽत॑रः । अग्ने॑ । यक्षि॑ । दि॒वः । विशः॑ ॥
त्वम् । होता । मनुःहितः । वह्निः । आसा । विदुःतरः । अग्ने । यक्षि । दिवः । विशः ॥
tvam | hotā | manuḥ-hitaḥ | vahniḥ | āsā | viduḥ-taraḥ | agne | yakṣi | divaḥ | viśaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], masculine
“Manu; man.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mouth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”