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 6.16.38
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ च्छा॒यामि॑व॒ घृणे॒रग॑न्म॒ शर्म॑ ते व॒यम् । अग्ने॒ हिर॑ण्यसंदृशः ॥
उप च्छायामिव घृणेरगन्म शर्म ते वयम् । अग्ने हिरण्यसंदृशः ॥
upa cchāyām iva ghṛṇer aganma śarma te vayam | agne hiraṇyasaṃdṛśaḥ ||
English translation:
“We have recourse, Agni, to the shelter of you, the lustrous, the golden-feathered, as to the shade (of a tree).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ । छा॒याम्ऽइ॑व । घृणेः॑ । अग॑न्म । शर्म॑ । ते॒ । व॒यम् । अग्ने॑ । हिर॑ण्यऽसन्दृशः ॥
उप । छायाम्इव । घृणेः । अगन्म । शर्म । ते । वयम् । अग्ने । हिरण्यसन्दृशः ॥
upa | chāyām-iva | ghṛṇeḥ | aganma | śarma | te | vayam | agne | hiraṇya-sandṛśaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.38 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“color; shadow; chāyā [word]; complexion; reflection; shade.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“sunbeam.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], neuter
“gold; jewelry; hiraṇya [word]; gold.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine