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 6.63.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ऊ॒र्ध्वो वा॑म॒ग्निर॑ध्व॒रेष्व॑स्था॒त्प्र रा॒तिरे॑ति जू॒र्णिनी॑ घृ॒ताची॑ । प्र होता॑ गू॒र्तम॑ना उरा॒णोऽयु॑क्त॒ यो नास॑त्या॒ हवी॑मन् ॥
ऊर्ध्वो वामग्निरध्वरेष्वस्थात्प्र रातिरेति जूर्णिनी घृताची । प्र होता गूर्तमना उराणोऽयुक्त यो नासत्या हवीमन् ॥
ūrdhvo vām agnir adhvareṣv asthāt pra rātir eti jūrṇinī ghṛtācī | pra hotā gūrtamanā urāṇo 'yukta yo nāsatyā havīman ||

English translation:

Agni is above for you; he is present at (your) sacrifices; the oblation flows diffusive and redolent of ghī; diligent and zealous is the ministrant priest who is engaged, Nāsatyās, in your invocation.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ऊ॒र्ध्वः । वा॒म् । अ॒ग्निः । अ॒ध्व॒रेषु॑ । अ॒स्था॒त् । प्र । रा॒तिः । ए॒ति॒ । जू॒र्णिनी॑ । घृ॒ताची॑ । प्र । होता॑ । गू॒र्तऽम॑नाः । उ॒रा॒णः । अयु॑क्त । यः । नास॑त्या । हवी॑मन् ॥
ऊर्ध्वः । वाम् । अग्निः । अध्वरेषु । अस्थात् । प्र । रातिः । एति । जूर्णिनी । घृताची । प्र । होता । गूर्तमनाः । उराणः । अयुक्त । यः । नासत्या । हवीमन् ॥
ūrdhvaḥ | vām | agniḥ | adhvareṣu | asthāt | pra | rātiḥ | eti | jūrṇinī | ghṛtācī | pra | hotā | gūrta-manāḥ | urāṇaḥ | ayukta | yaḥ | nāsatyā | havīman

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.63.4 English analysis of grammar]

ūrdhvo < ūrdhvaḥ < ūrdhva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“upper; up(a); upper; upward; erect; more(a); raised; ūrdhva [word]; acclivitous; overturned; loud; eminent; high.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

adhvareṣv < adhvareṣu < adhvara

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

asthāt < sthā

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

rātir < rātiḥ < rāti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“gift; bounty; favor.”

eti < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

jūrṇinī < jūrṇin

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

ghṛtācī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Ghṛtācī.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

hotā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

gūrtamanā < gūrta < gur

[verb noun]

gūrtamanā < manāḥ < manas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

urāṇo < urāṇaḥ < vṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“choose; ask.”

'yukta < ayukta < yuj

[verb], singular, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

havīman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“call; invocation.”

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