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 8.39.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स चि॑केत॒ सही॑यसा॒ग्निश्चि॒त्रेण॒ कर्म॑णा । स होता॒ शश्व॑तीनां॒ दक्षि॑णाभिर॒भीवृ॑त इ॒नोति॑ च प्रती॒व्यं१॒॑ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे ॥
स चिकेत सहीयसाग्निश्चित्रेण कर्मणा । स होता शश्वतीनां दक्षिणाभिरभीवृत इनोति च प्रतीव्यं नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
sa ciketa sahīyasāgniś citreṇa karmaṇā | sa hotā śaśvatīnāṃ dakṣiṇābhir abhīvṛta inoti ca pratīvyaṃ nabhantām anyake same ||
English translation:
“Agni is known by his most powerful and manifold deeds; he is the invoker of the eternals; surroundedby victims, he proceeds against the foe; may all our adversaries perish.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The eternals: śasvatīnām =bahvīnām devatānām; against the foe: pratīvyam = yajñam;
Dakṣiṇābhiḥ = paśubhiḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nābhākaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nābhāka kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । चि॒के॒त॒ । सही॑यसा । अ॒ग्निः । चि॒त्रेण॑ । कर्म॑णा । सः । होता॑ । शश्व॑तीनाम् । दक्षि॑णाभिः । अ॒भिऽवृ॑तः । इ॒नोति॑ । च॒ । प्र॒ती॒व्य॑म् । नभ॑न्ताम् । अ॒न्य॒के । स॒मे॒ ॥
सः । चिकेत । सहीयसा । अग्निः । चित्रेण । कर्मणा । सः । होता । शश्वतीनाम् । दक्षिणाभिः । अभिवृतः । इनोति । च । प्रतीव्यम् । नभन्ताम् । अन्यके । समे ॥
saḥ | ciketa | sahīyasā | agniḥ | citreṇa | karmaṇā | saḥ | hotā | śaśvatīnām | dakṣiṇābhiḥ | abhi-vṛtaḥ | inoti | ca | pratīvyam | nabhantām | anyake | same
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.39.5 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mighty.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“all(a).”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“cover.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“burst.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a).”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“like; like; alike(p); level; symmetrical; balanced; average; same; regular; impartial; imperturbable; even; sama [word]; every(a); accurate; identical; fair; equal; synonymous; changeless; whole; exact; calm; straight; even; wide.”