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 7.4.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स गृत्सो॑ अ॒ग्निस्तरु॑णश्चिदस्तु॒ यतो॒ यवि॑ष्ठो॒ अज॑निष्ट मा॒तुः । सं यो वना॑ यु॒वते॒ शुचि॑द॒न्भूरि॑ चि॒दन्ना॒ समिद॑त्ति स॒द्यः ॥
स गृत्सो अग्निस्तरुणश्चिदस्तु यतो यविष्ठो अजनिष्ट मातुः । सं यो वना युवते शुचिदन्भूरि चिदन्ना समिदत्ति सद्यः ॥
sa gṛtso agnis taruṇaś cid astu yato yaviṣṭho ajaniṣṭa mātuḥ | saṃ yo vanā yuvate śucidan bhūri cid annā sam id atti sadyaḥ ||

English translation:

“May the sagacious Agni be our conductor from the time that he is orn, most youthful, of his mother; hewho, bright-toothed, attacks the forest, and quickly devours his abundant food.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । गूत्सः॑ । अ॒ग्निः । तरु॑णः । चि॒त् । अ॒स्तु॒ । यतः॑ । यवि॑ष्ठः । अज॑निष्ट । मा॒तुः । सम् । यः । वना॑ । यु॒वते॑ । शुचि॑ऽदम् । भूरि॑ । चि॒त् । अन्ना॑ । सम् । इत् । अ॒त्ति॒ । स॒द्यः ॥
सः । गूत्सः । अग्निः । तरुणः । चित् । अस्तु । यतः । यविष्ठः । अजनिष्ट । मातुः । सम् । यः । वना । युवते । शुचिदम् । भूरि । चित् । अन्ना । सम् । इत् । अत्ति । सद्यः ॥
saḥ | gūtsaḥ | agniḥ | taruṇaḥ | cit | astu | yataḥ | yaviṣṭhaḥ | ajaniṣṭa | mātuḥ | sam | yaḥ | vanā | yuvate | śuci-dam | bhūri | cit | annā | sam | it | atti | sadyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.4.2 English analysis of grammar]

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.”

gṛtso < gṛtsaḥ < gṛtsa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“apt; deft.”

agnis < 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.”

taruṇaś < taruṇaḥ < taruṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“matutinal; young; green; immature; tender; recent; fresh; tender.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

yato < yatas

[adverb]

“from which; whence; wherein.”

yaviṣṭho < yaviṣṭhaḥ < yaviṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“youngest.”

ajaniṣṭa < jan

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

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

mātuḥ < mātṛ

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vanā < vana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”

yuvate < yu

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“unite.”

śucidan < śucidat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

bhūri

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

annā < anna

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

atti < ad

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“eat; devour.”

sadyaḥ < sadyas

[adverb]

“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”

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