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 10.7.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निं म॑न्ये पि॒तर॑म॒ग्निमा॒पिम॒ग्निं भ्रात॑रं॒ सद॒मित्सखा॑यम् । अ॒ग्नेरनी॑कं बृह॒तः स॑पर्यं दि॒वि शु॒क्रं य॑ज॒तं सूर्य॑स्य ॥
अग्निं मन्ये पितरमग्निमापिमग्निं भ्रातरं सदमित्सखायम् । अग्नेरनीकं बृहतः सपर्यं दिवि शुक्रं यजतं सूर्यस्य ॥
agnim manye pitaram agnim āpim agnim bhrātaraṃ sadam it sakhāyam | agner anīkam bṛhataḥ saparyaṃ divi śukraṃ yajataṃ sūryasya ||
English translation:
“I regard Agni as a father, as a kinsman, as a brother, as a constant friend. I reverence the face of themighty Agni, radiant in heaven, adorable as the sun.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Mighty Agni: a reference to the āhavanīya fire
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम् । म॒न्ये॒ । पि॒तर॑म् । अ॒ग्निम् । आ॒पिम् । अ॒ग्निम् । भ्रात॑रम् । सद॑म् । इत् । सखा॑यम् । अ॒ग्नेः । अनी॑कम् । बृ॒ह॒तः । स॒प॒र्य॒न् । दि॒वि । शु॒क्रम् । य॒ज॒तम् । सूर्य॑स्य ॥
अग्निम् । मन्ये । पितरम् । अग्निम् । आपिम् । अग्निम् । भ्रातरम् । सदम् । इत् । सखायम् । अग्नेः । अनीकम् । बृहतः । सपर्यन् । दिवि । शुक्रम् । यजतम् । सूर्यस्य ॥
agnim | manye | pitaram | agnim | āpim | agnim | bhrātaram | sadam | it | sakhāyam | agneḥ | anīkam | bṛhataḥ | saparyan | divi | śukram | yajatam | sūryasya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.7.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, 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
“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friend.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“brother; bhrātṛ; relative.”
[adverb]
“always.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“army; face; battalion; battlefront; point; appearance.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“worship.”
[noun], locative, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“holy; august; sacrificial.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”