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 6.16.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्न॒ आ या॑हि वी॒तये॑ गृणा॒नो ह॒व्यदा॑तये । नि होता॑ सत्सि ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥
अग्न आ याहि वीतये गृणानो हव्यदातये । नि होता सत्सि बर्हिषि ॥
agna ā yāhi vītaye gṛṇāno havyadātaye | ni hotā satsi barhiṣi ||
English translation:
“Come, Agni, to the (sacrificial) fod; being lauded, (come) to convey the oblation (to the gods); sit down as the ministrant priest upon the sacred grass.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । आ । या॒हि॒ । वी॒तये॑ । गृ॒णा॒नः । ह॒व्यऽदा॑तये । नि । होता॑ । स॒त्सि॒ । ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥
अग्ने । आ । याहि । वीतये । गृणानः । हव्यदातये । नि । होता । सत्सि । बर्हिषि ॥
agne | ā | yāhi | vītaye | gṛṇānaḥ | havya-dātaye | ni | hotā | satsi | barhiṣi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“praise.”
[noun], neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“Barhis; barhis [word].”