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 7.17.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ वी॒हि ह॒विषा॒ यक्षि॑ दे॒वान्त्स्व॑ध्व॒रा कृ॑णुहि जातवेदः ॥
अग्ने वीहि हविषा यक्षि देवान्त्स्वध्वरा कृणुहि जातवेदः ॥
agne vīhi haviṣā yakṣi devān svadhvarā kṛṇuhi jātavedaḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni Jātavedas, repair to the gods, worship them with the oblation, render them plural ased by thesacrifice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārcyuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । वी॒हि । ह॒विषा॑ । यक्षि॑ । दे॒वान् । सु॒ऽअ॒ध्व॒रा । कृ॒णु॒हि॒ । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ ॥
अग्ने । वीहि । हविषा । यक्षि । देवान् । सुअध्वरा । कृणुहि । जातवेदः ॥
agne | vīhi | haviṣā | yakṣi | devān | su-adhvarā | kṛṇuhi | jāta-vedaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.17.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“disappear; differ; elapse.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[verb], singular, 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], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”