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 8.60.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यथा॑ चिद्वृ॒द्धम॑त॒समग्ने॑ सं॒जूर्व॑सि॒ क्षमि॑ । ए॒वा द॑ह मित्रमहो॒ यो अ॑स्म॒ध्रुग्दु॒र्मन्मा॒ कश्च॒ वेन॑ति ॥
यथा चिद्वृद्धमतसमग्ने संजूर्वसि क्षमि । एवा दह मित्रमहो यो अस्मध्रुग्दुर्मन्मा कश्च वेनति ॥
yathā cid vṛddham atasam agne saṃjūrvasi kṣami | evā daha mitramaho yo asmadhrug durmanmā kaś ca venati ||
English translation:
“As, Agni, you consume old timber on the earth, so, cherisher of friends, do you burn our injurer,whosoever evil-minded wishes (our ill).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhargaḥ prāgāthaḥ [bharga prāgātha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यथा॑ । चि॒त् । ऋ॒द्धम् । अ॒त॒सम् । अग्ने॑ । स॒म्ऽजूर्व॑सि । क्षमि॑ । ए॒व । द॒ह॒ । मि॒त्र॒ऽम॒हः॒ । यः । अ॒स्म॒ऽध्रुक् । दुः॒ऽमन्मा॑ । कः । च॒ । वेन॑ति ॥
यथा । चित् । ऋद्धम् । अतसम् । अग्ने । सम्जूर्वसि । क्षमि । एव । दह । मित्रमहः । यः । अस्मध्रुक् । दुःमन्मा । कः । च । वेनति ॥
yathā | cit | ṛddham | atasam | agne | sam-jūrvasi | kṣami | eva | daha | mitra-mahaḥ | yaḥ | asma-dhruk | duḥ-manmā | kaḥ | ca | venati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.60.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“shrub; scrub.”
[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 indikative
“burn.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“Earth; heaven and earth.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“burn; cauterize; heat; burn; burn; burn; roast; blaze; burn; distress; destroy.”
[noun], masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“circulate.”