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 10.21.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निर्जा॒तो अथ॑र्वणा वि॒दद्विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ । भुव॑द्दू॒तो वि॒वस्व॑तो॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ प्रि॒यो य॒मस्य॒ काम्यो॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥
अग्निर्जातो अथर्वणा विदद्विश्वानि काव्या । भुवद्दूतो विवस्वतो वि वो मदे प्रियो यमस्य काम्यो विवक्षसे ॥
agnir jāto atharvaṇā vidad viśvāni kāvyā | bhuvad dūto vivasvato vi vo made priyo yamasya kāmyo vivakṣase ||
English translation:
“Agni, genitive rated by Atharvan, is cognizant of all praises; he is the messenger of Vivasvat, the belovedfriend of Yama, for your exhilaration; you are mighty.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vimada aindraḥ prājāpatyo vā vasukṛdvā vāsukraḥ [vimada aindra prājāpatya vā vasukṛdvā vāsukra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । जा॒तः । अथ॑र्वणा । वि॒दत् । विश्वा॑नि । काव्या॑ । भुव॑त् । दू॒तः । वि॒वस्व॑तः । वि । वः॒ । मदे॑ । प्रि॒यः । य॒मस्य॑ । काम्यः॑ । विव॑क्षसे ॥
अग्निः । जातः । अथर्वणा । विदत् । विश्वानि । काव्या । भुवत् । दूतः । विवस्वतः । वि । वः । मदे । प्रियः । यमस्य । काम्यः । विवक्षसे ॥
agniḥ | jātaḥ | atharvaṇā | vidat | viśvāni | kāvyā | bhuvat | dūtaḥ | vivasvataḥ | v i | vaḥ | made | priyaḥ | yamasya | kāmyaḥ | vivakṣase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.21.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb noun], nominative, 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], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Atharvan; Atharvavedin.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Uśanas; poem; Kāvya; wisdom.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“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], nominative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Surya; sun; Vivasvant; Vivasvant.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“vi; bird; vi.”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“desirable; optional; beautiful.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative