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 7.17.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वामु॒ ते द॑धिरे हव्य॒वाहं॑ दे॒वासो॑ अग्न ऊ॒र्ज आ नपा॑तम् ॥
त्वामु ते दधिरे हव्यवाहं देवासो अग्न ऊर्ज आ नपातम् ॥
tvām u te dadhire havyavāhaṃ devāso agna ūrja ā napātam ||
English translation:
“The gods have made you, Agni, who are the son of strength, the bearer of the oblation.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārcyuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वाम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । ते । द॒धि॒रे॒ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् । दे॒वासः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ऊ॒र्जः । आ । नपा॑तम् ॥
त्वाम् । ऊँ इति । ते । दधिरे । हव्यवाहम् । देवासः । अग्ने । ऊर्जः । आ । नपातम् ॥
tvām | oṃ iti | te | dadhire | havya-vāham | devāsaḥ | agne | ūrjaḥ | ā | napātam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.17.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; sacrificial fire.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“strength; refreshment; vigor; food; strengthening.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“grandson; nephew; napāt [word].”