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 10.52.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मां दे॒वा द॑धिरे हव्य॒वाह॒मप॑म्लुक्तं ब॒हु कृ॒च्छ्रा चर॑न्तम् । अ॒ग्निर्वि॒द्वान्य॒ज्ञं न॑: कल्पयाति॒ पञ्च॑यामं त्रि॒वृतं॑ स॒प्तत॑न्तुम् ॥
मां देवा दधिरे हव्यवाहमपम्लुक्तं बहु कृच्छ्रा चरन्तम् । अग्निर्विद्वान्यज्ञं नः कल्पयाति पञ्चयामं त्रिवृतं सप्ततन्तुम् ॥
māṃ devā dadhire havyavāham apamluktam bahu kṛcchrā carantam | agnir vidvān yajñaṃ naḥ kalpayāti pañcayāmaṃ trivṛtaṃ saptatantum ||
English translation:
“The gods have made me the bearer of oblations returning after departure, and passing many difficultplaces; (saying) this Agni is wise; he will accomplish the sacrifice for us, whether it be that of the five ways, thethree kinds, or the seven threads.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Five ways: a reference to the pāṅkta yajña; of three kinds: the three dailySoma libations; seven threads: seven metres of the mantras; or, having seven performers
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agniḥ saucīkaḥ [agni saucīka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): devāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
माम् । दे॒वाः । द॒धि॒रे॒ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् । अप॑ऽम्लुक्तम् । ब॒हु । कृ॒च्छ्रा । चर॑न्तम् । अ॒ग्निः । वि॒द्वान् । य॒ज्ञम् । नः॒ । क॒ल्प॒या॒ति॒ । पञ्च॑ऽयामम् । त्रि॒ऽवृत॑म् । स॒प्तऽत॑न्तुम् ॥
माम् । देवाः । दधिरे । हव्यवाहम् । अपम्लुक्तम् । बहु । कृच्छ्रा । चरन्तम् । अग्निः । विद्वान् । यज्ञम् । नः । कल्पयाति । पञ्चयामम् । त्रिवृतम् । सप्ततन्तुम् ॥
mām | devāḥ | dadhire | havya-vāham | apa-mluktam | bahu | kṛcchrā | carantam | agniḥ | vidvān | yajñam | naḥ | kalpayāti | pañca-yāmam | tri-vṛtam | sapta-tantum
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.52.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“transporting; flowing; removing.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“many; much(a); bahu [word]; abundant; long; large; abounding in(p); perennial.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“difficulty; pain; trouble; penance; difficulty.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[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
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“prepare; assign; create; produce; fix; restore; order; prepare; imitate; restore; make; treat.”
[noun]
“five; fifth; pañcan [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prahara; watch; travel; path.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“treble.”
[noun]
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“thread; fiber; lineage; cobweb; fibril; stalk.”