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 6.16.48
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निं दे॒वासो॑ अग्रि॒यमि॒न्धते॑ वृत्र॒हन्त॑मम् । येना॒ वसू॒न्याभृ॑ता तृ॒ळ्हा रक्षां॑सि वा॒जिना॑ ॥
अग्निं देवासो अग्रियमिन्धते वृत्रहन्तमम् । येना वसून्याभृता तृळ्हा रक्षांसि वाजिना ॥
agniṃ devāso agriyam indhate vṛtrahantamam | yenā vasūny ābhṛtā tṛḻhā rakṣāṃsi vājinā ||
English translation:
“The gods kindle Agni as the chief (of them); as the especial desroyer of Vṛtra; by whom the treasures (of the asuras) are carried off; by whom the rākṣasas are destroyed.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम् । दे॒वासः॑ । अ॒ग्रि॒यम् । इ॒न्धते॑ । वृ॒त्र॒हन्ऽत॑मम् । येन॑ । वसू॑नि । आऽभृ॑ता । तृ॒ळ्हा । रक्षां॑सि । वा॒जिना॑ ॥
अग्निम् । देवासः । अग्रियम् । इन्धते । वृत्रहन्तमम् । येन । वसूनि । आभृता । तृळ्हा । रक्षांसि । वाजिना ॥
agnim | devāsaḥ | agriyam | indhate | vṛtrahan-tamam | yena | vasūni | ābhṛtā | tṛḷhā | rakṣāṃsi | vājinā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.48 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[noun], neuter
“enemy.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“bring.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”