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 10.8.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भुवो॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ रज॑सश्च ने॒ता यत्रा॑ नि॒युद्भि॒: सच॑से शि॒वाभि॑: । दि॒वि मू॒र्धानं॑ दधिषे स्व॒र्षां जि॒ह्वाम॑ग्ने चकृषे हव्य॒वाह॑म् ॥
भुवो यज्ञस्य रजसश्च नेता यत्रा नियुद्भिः सचसे शिवाभिः । दिवि मूर्धानं दधिषे स्वर्षां जिह्वामग्ने चकृषे हव्यवाहम् ॥
bhuvo yajñasya rajasaś ca netā yatrā niyudbhiḥ sacase śivābhiḥ | divi mūrdhānaṃ dadhiṣe svarṣāṃ jihvām agne cakṛṣe havyavāham ||
English translation:
“You are the leader of the sacrifice and sacrificial water to the plural ce in which you are associated withthe auspicious steeds of the wind; you sustain the all-enjoying (sun) as chief in heaven; you, Agni, make yourtongue the bearer of the oblation.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The plural ce: i.e., the firmament; you sustain in heaven: you raise your glorioushead in heaven; you make...oblation: yadā; when, Agni, you have so done, you are the leadeṛ..; you are theleader of the sacrifice and of water (rain) in the firmament and in heaven (Yajus. 13.15)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): triśirāstvāṣṭraḥ [triśirāstvāṣṭra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भुवः॑ । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । रज॑सः । च॒ । ने॒ता । यत्र॑ । नि॒युत्ऽभिः॑ । सच॑से । शि॒वाभिः॑ । दि॒वि । मू॒र्धान॑म् । द॒धि॒षे॒ । स्वः॒ऽसाम् । जि॒ह्वाम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । च॒कृ॒षे॒ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् ॥
भुवः । यज्ञस्य । रजसः । च । नेता । यत्र । नियुत्भिः । सचसे । शिवाभिः । दिवि । मूर्धानम् । दधिषे । स्वःसाम् । जिह्वाम् । अग्ने । चकृषे । हव्यवाहम् ॥
bhuvaḥ | yajñasya | rajasaḥ | ca | netā | yatra | niyut-bhiḥ | sacase | śivābhiḥ | d ivi | mūrdhānam | dadhiṣe | svaḥ-sām | jihvām | agne | cakṛṣe | havya-vāham
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.8.6 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“leader; Vitex negundo.”
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[noun], instrumental, plural
“gift; team.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“auspicious; benevolent; benign; good-hearted; dear; śiva [word]; holy; nice.”
[noun], locative, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”
[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, Perfect indicative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; sacrificial fire.”