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 8.103.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अद॑र्शि गातु॒वित्त॑मो॒ यस्मि॑न्व्र॒तान्या॑द॒धुः । उपो॒ षु जा॒तमार्य॑स्य॒ वर्ध॑नम॒ग्निं न॑क्षन्त नो॒ गिर॑: ॥
अदर्शि गातुवित्तमो यस्मिन्व्रतान्यादधुः । उपो षु जातमार्यस्य वर्धनमग्निं नक्षन्त नो गिरः ॥
adarśi gātuvittamo yasmin vratāny ādadhuḥ | upo ṣu jātam āryasya vardhanam agniṃ nakṣanta no giraḥ ||
English translation:
“He, in whom they offer the sacrifices, has appeared-- he who knows all ways; our praises rise to Agni,auspiciously born, the helpeer of the Ārya.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अद॑र्शि । गा॒तु॒वित्ऽत॑मः । यस्मि॑न् । व्र॒तानि॑ । आ॒ऽद॒धुः । उपो॒ इति॑ । सु । जा॒तम् । आर्य॑स्य । वर्ध॑नम् । अ॒ग्निम् । न॒क्ष॒न्त॒ । नः॒ । गिरः॑ ॥
अदर्शि । गातुवित्तमः । यस्मिन् । व्रतानि । आदधुः । उपो इति । सु । जातम् । आर्यस्य । वर्धनम् । अग्निम् । नक्षन्त । नः । गिरः ॥
adarśi | gātuvit-tamaḥ | yasmin | vratāni | ādadhuḥ | upo iti | su | jātam | āryasya | vardhanam | agnim | nakṣanta | naḥ | giraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.103.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[noun], masculine
“path; way.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“knowing most.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; conceive; ignite; keep; effect; fuel; lend; cover; direct.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“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], genitive, singular, masculine
“noble; noble; Indo-European; ārya [word]; honorable; noble.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“increasing; fortifying; promotive; prolonging.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“reach; approach.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”