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 6.16.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स हि यो मानु॑षा यु॒गा सीद॒द्धोता॑ क॒विक्र॑तुः । दू॒तश्च॑ हव्य॒वाह॑नः ॥
स हि यो मानुषा युगा सीदद्धोता कविक्रतुः । दूतश्च हव्यवाहनः ॥
sa hi yo mānuṣā yugā sīdad dhotā kavikratuḥ | dūtaś ca havyavāhanaḥ ||
English translation:
“May that Agni indeed sit down (at our sacrifice), who in every age of man has been the invoker of the gods, doer of wise deeds, the messenger of the gods, the bearer of oblations.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । हि । यः । मानु॑षा । यु॒गा । सीद॑त् । होता॑ । क॒विऽक्र॑तुः । दू॒तः । च॒ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑नः ॥
सः । हि । यः । मानुषा । युगा । सीदत् । होता । कविक्रतुः । दूतः । च । हव्यवाहनः ॥
saḥ | hi | yaḥ | mānuṣā | yugā | sīdat | hotā | kavi-kratuḥ | dūtaḥ | ca | havya-vāhanaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.23 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“human.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun]
“mental; wise; mental; enlightened.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”