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 10.16.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मैन॑मग्ने॒ वि द॑हो॒ माभि शो॑चो॒ मास्य॒ त्वचं॑ चिक्षिपो॒ मा शरी॑रम् । य॒दा शृ॒तं कृ॒णवो॑ जातवे॒दोऽथे॑मेनं॒ प्र हि॑णुतात्पि॒तृभ्य॑: ॥
मैनमग्ने वि दहो माभि शोचो मास्य त्वचं चिक्षिपो मा शरीरम् । यदा शृतं कृणवो जातवेदोऽथेमेनं प्र हिणुतात्पितृभ्यः ॥
mainam agne vi daho mābhi śoco māsya tvacaṃ cikṣipo mā śarīram | yadā śṛtaṃ kṛṇavo jātavedo 'them enam pra hiṇutāt pitṛbhyaḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni, consume him not entirely; afflict him not; scatter not (here and there) his skin nor his body; whenJātavedas, you have rendered him mature, then send him to the Pitṛs.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The first six ṛcas are to be recited at (orupon) the death of an initiated person n-- dīkṣitamaraṇe; not his skin nor his body: may be an allusion to thespiritual, or suṣma śarīra; do not reduce him to ashes, bhamībhūtam mā kuru]..
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): damano yāmāyanaḥ [damana yāmāyana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा । ए॒न॒म् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । वि । द॒हः॒ । मा । अ॒भि । शो॒चः॒ । मा । अ॒स्य॒ । त्वच॑म् । चि॒क्षि॒पः॒ । मा । शरी॑रम् । य॒दा । शृ॒तम् । कृ॒णवः॑ । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । अथ॑ । ई॒म् । ए॒न॒म् । प्र । हि॒णु॒ता॒त् । पि॒तृऽभ्यः॑ ॥
मा । एनम् । अग्ने । वि । दहः । मा । अभि । शोचः । मा । अस्य । त्वचम् । चिक्षिपः । मा । शरीरम् । यदा । शृतम् । कृणवः । जातवेदः । अथ । ईम् । एनम् । प्र । हिणुतात् । पितृभ्यः ॥
mā | enam | agne | vi | dahaḥ | mā | abhi | śocaḥ | mā | asya | tvacam | cikṣipaḥ | mā | śarīram | yadā | śṛtam | kṛṇavaḥ | jāta-vedaḥ | atha | īm | enam | pra | hiṇutāt | pitṛ-bhyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.16.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“burn; cauterize; heat; burn; burn; burn; roast; blaze; burn; distress; destroy.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“mourn; grieve; flame; glow; burn; repent.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“skin; bark; peel; hide; complexion; hide; Rasa; rind.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“fill into; add; put; throw; insert; submerge; pour; mix; ignite; shoot; hurl; vilify; reject; join; put on; stow; stack; throw.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“body; human body; body part; body; body; strength.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; if.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“cook; boil; heat; cook; mix.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“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], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”
[adverb]
“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”