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 7.1.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सेद॒ग्निर॒ग्नीँरत्य॑स्त्व॒न्यान्यत्र॑ वा॒जी तन॑यो वी॒ळुपा॑णिः । स॒हस्र॑पाथा अ॒क्षरा॑ स॒मेति॑ ॥
सेदग्निरग्नीँरत्यस्त्वन्यान्यत्र वाजी तनयो वीळुपाणिः । सहस्रपाथा अक्षरा समेति ॥
sed agnir agnīm̐r aty astv anyān yatra vājī tanayo vīḻupāṇiḥ | sahasrapāthā akṣarā sameti ||

English translation:

“May that fire (kindled by me) surpass all other fires, at which a vigorous son, firm-handed, possessing athousand means (of living), co-operates in imperishable (praise).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ekādaśākṣarapādaistripadāvirāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । इत् । अ॒ग्निः । अ॒ग्नीन् । अति॑ । अ॒स्तु॒ । अ॒न्यान् । यत्र॑ । वा॒जी । तन॑यः । वी॒ळुऽपा॑णिः । स॒हस्र॑ऽपाथाः । अ॒क्षरा॑ । स॒म्ऽएति॑ ॥
सः । इत् । अग्निः । अग्नीन् । अति । अस्तु । अन्यान् । यत्र । वाजी । तनयः । वीळुपाणिः । सहस्रपाथाः । अक्षरा । सम्एति ॥
saḥ | it | agniḥ | agnīn | ati | astu | anyān | yatra | vājī | tanayaḥ | vīḷu-pāṇiḥ | sahasra-pāthāḥ | akṣarā | sam-eti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.1.14 English analysis of grammar]

sed < sa < tad

[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.”

sed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

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.”

agnīṃr < agnīn < agni

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

aty < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

astv < astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

anyān < anya

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

yatra

[adverb]

“wherein; once [when].”

vājī < vājin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”

tanayo < tanayaḥ < tanaya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“son.”

vīᄆupāṇiḥ < vīᄆu < vīḍu

[noun]

“hard; firm.”

vīᄆupāṇiḥ < pāṇiḥ < pāṇi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hand; hoof; pāṇi [word].”

sahasrapāthā < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasrapāthā < pāthāḥ < pāthas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“pāthas [word]; water; place.”

akṣarā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“speech; word.”

sameti < sami < √i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“meet.”

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