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 7.3.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निं वो॑ दे॒वम॒ग्निभि॑: स॒जोषा॒ यजि॑ष्ठं दू॒तम॑ध्व॒रे कृ॑णुध्वम् । यो मर्त्ये॑षु॒ निध्रु॑विॠ॒तावा॒ तपु॑र्मूर्धा घृ॒तान्न॑: पाव॒कः ॥
अग्निं वो देवमग्निभिः सजोषा यजिष्ठं दूतमध्वरे कृणुध्वम् । यो मर्त्येषु निध्रुविॠतावा तपुर्मूर्धा घृतान्नः पावकः ॥
agniṃ vo devam agnibhiḥ sajoṣā yajiṣṭhaṃ dūtam adhvare kṛṇudhvam | yo martyeṣu nidhruvir ṛtāvā tapurmūrdhā ghṛtānnaḥ pāvakaḥ ||
English translation:
“Appoint (gods) the most adorable, divine Agni, consentient with (all other) fires, your messenger at thesacrifice; him who is permanently present among men, the observer of truth, who is crowned with flame, thepurifier, whose food is butter.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम् । वः॒ । दे॒वम् । अ॒ग्निऽभिः॑ । स॒ऽजोषाः॑ । यजि॑ष्ठम् । दू॒तम् । अ॒ध्व॒रे । कृ॒णु॒ध्व॒म् । यः । मर्त्ये॑षु । निऽध्रु॑विः । ऋ॒तऽवा॑ । तपुः॑ऽमूर्धा । घृ॒तऽअ॑न्नः । पा॒व॒कः ॥
अग्निम् । वः । देवम् । अग्निभिः । सजोषाः । यजिष्ठम् । दूतम् । अध्वरे । कृणुध्वम् । यः । मर्त्येषु । निध्रुविः । ऋतवा । तपुःमूर्धा । घृतअन्नः । पावकः ॥
agnim | vaḥ | devam | agni-bhiḥ | sa-joṣāḥ | yajiṣṭham | dūtam | adhvare | kṛṇudhvam | yaḥ | martyeṣu | ni-dhruviḥ | ṛta-vā | tapuḥ-mūrdhā | ghṛta-annaḥ | pāvakaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.3.1 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], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sedentary.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[noun], neuter
“heat.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”
[noun], neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“pure; purifying; pure; āgneya; clear; bright; bright.”