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 7.5.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्राग्नये॑ त॒वसे॑ भरध्वं॒ गिरं॑ दि॒वो अ॑र॒तये॑ पृथि॒व्याः । यो विश्वे॑षाम॒मृता॑नामु॒पस्थे॑ वैश्वान॒रो वा॑वृ॒धे जा॑गृ॒वद्भि॑: ॥
प्राग्नये तवसे भरध्वं गिरं दिवो अरतये पृथिव्याः । यो विश्वेषाममृतानामुपस्थे वैश्वानरो वावृधे जागृवद्भिः ॥
prāgnaye tavase bharadhvaṃ giraṃ divo arataye pṛthivyāḥ | yo viśveṣām amṛtānām upasthe vaiśvānaro vāvṛdhe jāgṛvadbhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Offer praise to the strong Agni, traversing without hindrance heaven and earth; he who (as)Vaiśvānara prospers at the sacrifices of all the immortals, being associated with the awaking divinities.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । अ॒ग्नये॑ । त॒वसे॑ । भ॒र॒ध्व॒म् । गिर॑म् । दि॒वः । अ॒र॒तये॑ । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । यः । विश्वे॑षाम् । अ॒मृता॑नाम् । उ॒पऽस्थे॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः । व॒वृ॒धे । जा॒गृ॒वत्ऽभिः॑ ॥
प्र । अग्नये । तवसे । भरध्वम् । गिरम् । दिवः । अरतये । पृथिव्याः । यः । विश्वेषाम् । अमृतानाम् । उपस्थे । वैश्वानरः । ववृधे । जागृवत्भिः ॥
pra | agnaye | tavase | bharadhvam | giram | divaḥ | arataye | pṛthivyāḥ | yaḥ | v iśveṣām | amṛtānām | upa-sthe | vaiśvānaraḥ | vavṛdhe | jāgṛvat-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.5.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“strong; energetic.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“charioteer.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[verb noun], instrumental, plural
“wake; watch; awaken; wake up; oversee.”