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 7.6.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न्य॑क्र॒तून्ग्र॒थिनो॑ मृ॒ध्रवा॑चः प॒णीँर॑श्र॒द्धाँ अ॑वृ॒धाँ अ॑य॒ज्ञान् । प्रप्र॒ तान्दस्यूँ॑र॒ग्निर्वि॑वाय॒ पूर्व॑श्चका॒राप॑राँ॒ अय॑ज्यून् ॥
न्यक्रतून्ग्रथिनो मृध्रवाचः पणीँरश्रद्धाँ अवृधाँ अयज्ञान् । प्रप्र तान्दस्यूँरग्निर्विवाय पूर्वश्चकारापराँ अयज्यून् ॥
ny akratūn grathino mṛdhravācaḥ paṇīm̐r aśraddhām̐ avṛdhām̐ ayajñān | pra-pra tān dasyūm̐r agnir vivāya pūrvaś cakārāparām̐ ayajyūn ||
English translation:
“May Agni utterly confound those Dasyus who perform no (sacred) rites, who are babblers defective inspeech, niggards, unbelievers; not honouring (Agni), offering no sacrifice; Agni preceding, has degrated thosewho instrumental tute no sacred ceremonies.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नि । अ॒क्र॒तून् । ग्र॒थिनः॑ । मृ॒ध्रऽवा॑चः । प॒णीन् । अ॒श्र॒द्धान् । अ॒वृ॒धान् । अ॒य॒ज्ञान् । प्रऽप्र॑ । तान् । दस्यू॑न् । अ॒ग्निः । वि॒वा॒य॒ । पूर्वः॑ । च॒का॒र॒ । अप॑रान् । अय॑ज्यून् ॥
नि । अक्रतून् । ग्रथिनः । मृध्रवाचः । पणीन् । अश्रद्धान् । अवृधान् । अयज्ञान् । प्रप्र । तान् । दस्यून् । अग्निः । विवाय । पूर्वः । चकार । अपरान् । अयज्यून् ॥
ni | akratūn | grathinaḥ | mṛdhra-vācaḥ | paṇīn | aśraddhān | avṛdhān | ayajñān | pra-pra | tān | dasyūn | agniḥ | vivāya | pūrvaḥ | cakāra | aparān | ayajyūn
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.6.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“powerless.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“abusive.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“niggard; paṇ.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“increasing; promotive.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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], accusative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a); following; western; future; apara [word]; elder; remaining; some(a); later(a); back(a).”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“worshiping.”