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 6.16.40
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ यं हस्ते॒ न खा॒दिनं॒ शिशुं॑ जा॒तं न बिभ्र॑ति । वि॒शाम॒ग्निं स्व॑ध्व॒रम् ॥
आ यं हस्ते न खादिनं शिशुं जातं न बिभ्रति । विशामग्निं स्वध्वरम् ॥
ā yaṃ haste na khādinaṃ śiśuṃ jātaṃ na bibhrati | viśām agniṃ svadhvaram ||
English translation:
“(Worship) that Agni whom (the priests) bear in their hands like a new-born babe; the devourer (of the oblation), the (conveyer of the) holy sacrifices of men.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । यम् । हस्ते॑ । न । खा॒दिन॑म् । शिशु॑म् । जा॒तम् । न । बिभ्र॑ति । वि॒शाम् । अ॒ग्निम् । सु॒ऽअ॒ध्व॒रम् ॥
आ । यम् । हस्ते । न । खादिनम् । शिशुम् । जातम् । न । बिभ्रति । विशाम् । अग्निम् । सुअध्वरम् ॥
ā | yam | haste | na | khādinam | śiśum | jātam | na | bibhrati | viśām | agnim | su-adhvaram
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.40 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“child; young; baby; śiśu [word]; Śiśu; male child; fetus.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”