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 10.51.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हो॒त्राद॒हं व॑रुण॒ बिभ्य॑दायं॒ नेदे॒व मा॑ यु॒नज॒न्नत्र॑ दे॒वाः । तस्य॑ मे त॒न्वो॑ बहु॒धा निवि॑ष्टा ए॒तमर्थं॒ न चि॑केता॒हम॒ग्निः ॥
होत्रादहं वरुण बिभ्यदायं नेदेव मा युनजन्नत्र देवाः । तस्य मे तन्वो बहुधा निविष्टा एतमर्थं न चिकेताहमग्निः ॥
hotrād ahaṃ varuṇa bibhyad āyaṃ ned eva mā yunajann atra devāḥ | tasya me tanvo bahudhā niviṣṭā etam arthaṃ na ciketāham agniḥ ||
English translation:
“(Agni). Divine Varuṇa, I have come hither, being afraid of hotā, lest the gods should again associateme with him; my forms have therefore entered (into the waters) in various plural ces. I, Agni, do not consent (toundertake) that office.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Hotrā: i.e., havirvāhana, who seems here to be a person n
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agniḥ saucīkaḥ [agni saucīka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): devāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हो॒त्रात् । अ॒हम् । व॒रु॒ण॒ । बिभ्य॑त् । आ॒य॒म् । न । इत् । ए॒व । मा॒ । यु॒नज॑न् । अत्र॑ । दे॒वाः । तस्य॑ । मे॒ । त॒न्वः॑ । ब॒हु॒धा । निऽवि॑ष्टाः । ए॒तम् । अर्थ॑म् । न । चि॒के॒त॒ । अ॒हम् । अ॒ग्निः ॥
होत्रात् । अहम् । वरुण । बिभ्यत् । आयम् । न । इत् । एव । मा । युनजन् । अत्र । देवाः । तस्य । मे । तन्वः । बहुधा । निविष्टाः । एतम् । अर्थम् । न । चिकेत । अहम् । अग्निः ॥
hotrāt | aham | varuṇa | bibhyat | āyam | na | it | eva | mā | yunajan | atra | devāḥ | tasya | me | tanvaḥ | bahudhā | ni-viṣṭāḥ | etam | artham | na | ciketa | aham | agni ḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.51.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“yajña; sacrifice.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“fear; fear.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“body; embodiment; life; life; root; body; form.”
[adverb]
“repeatedly; variously; multiply; a lot.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“camp; enter; persist; marry; intrude; rest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“for; meaning; purpose; sense; wealth; object of sense; matter; aim; money; message; object; artha [word]; wealth; function; content; topic; property; situation; reason; affair; concern; reason; enterprise; reason; cause; five; application; application.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”