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 8.102.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तं त्वा॑जनन्त मा॒तर॑: क॒विं दे॒वासो॑ अङ्गिरः । ह॒व्य॒वाह॒मम॑र्त्यम् ॥
तं त्वाजनन्त मातरः कविं देवासो अङ्गिरः । हव्यवाहममर्त्यम् ॥
taṃ tvājananta mātaraḥ kaviṃ devāso aṅgiraḥ | havyavāham amartyam ||
English translation:
“The gods, as mothers, have borne you Aṅgirasa, the seer, the immortal, the bearer of the oblation.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prayogo bhārgava agnirvā pāvako bārhaspatyaḥ ; athavāgnī gṛhapatiyaviṣṭhau sahasaḥ sutau tayorvānyataraḥ [prayoga bhārgava agnirvā pāvaka bārhaspatya ; athavāgnī gṛhapatiyaviṣṭhau sahasa sutau tayorvānyatara];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । त्वा॒ । अ॒ज॒न॒न्त॒ । मा॒तरः॑ । क॒विम् । दे॒वासः॑ । अ॒ङ्गि॒रः॒ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् । अम॑र्त्यम् ॥
तम् । त्वा । अजनन्त । मातरः । कविम् । देवासः । अङ्गिरः । हव्यवाहम् । अमर्त्यम् ॥
tam | tvā | ajananta | mātaraḥ | kavim | devāsaḥ | aṅgiraḥ | havya-vāham | amartyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.102.17 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, 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], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; sacrificial fire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“immortal.”