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 10.69.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दी॒र्घत॑न्तुर्बृ॒हदु॑क्षा॒यम॒ग्निः स॒हस्र॑स्तरीः श॒तनी॑थ॒ ऋभ्वा॑ । द्यु॒मान्द्यु॒मत्सु॒ नृभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः सुमि॒त्रेषु॑ दीदयो देव॒यत्सु॑ ॥
दीर्घतन्तुर्बृहदुक्षायमग्निः सहस्रस्तरीः शतनीथ ऋभ्वा । द्युमान्द्युमत्सु नृभिर्मृज्यमानः सुमित्रेषु दीदयो देवयत्सु ॥
dīrghatantur bṛhadukṣāyam agniḥ sahasrastarīḥ śatanītha ṛbhvā | dyumān dyumatsu nṛbhir mṛjyamānaḥ sumitreṣu dīdayo devayatsu ||

English translation:

“This Agni to whom a long series (of sacrifices has been addressed), who is bright with many rays,covering thousands (in the form of ghī), the leader of hundreds (of burnt offerings), the mighty one, brilliantamong the brilliant, (is) being glorified by the priests; shine (Agni) upon the devout Sumitras.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

To whom a longserieṣ..: liṭ, long-threaded, large-oxed, thousand- heifered, hundred-guider

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sumitro vādhryaścaḥ [sumitra vādhryaśca];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दी॒र्घऽत॑न्तुः । बृ॒हत्ऽउ॑क्षा । अ॒यम् । अ॒ग्निः । स॒हस्र॑ऽस्तरीः । श॒तऽनी॑थः । ऋभ्वा॑ । द्यु॒ऽमान् । द्यु॒मत्ऽसु॑ । नृऽभिः॑ । मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः । सु॒ऽमि॒त्रेषु॑ । दी॒द॒यः॒ । दे॒व॒यत्ऽसु॑ ॥
दीर्घतन्तुः । बृहत्उक्षा । अयम् । अग्निः । सहस्रस्तरीः । शतनीथः । ऋभ्वा । द्युमान् । द्युमत्सु । नृभिः । मृज्यमानः । सुमित्रेषु । दीदयः । देवयत्सु ॥
dīrgha-tantuḥ | bṛhat-ukṣā | ayam | agniḥ | sahasra-starīḥ | śata-nīthaḥ | ṛbhvā | dyu-mān | dyumat-su | nṛ-bhiḥ | mṛjyamānaḥ | su-mitreṣu | dīdayaḥ | devayat-su

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.69.7 English analysis of grammar]

dīrghatantur < dīrgha

[noun]

“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”

dīrghatantur < tantuḥ < tantu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“thread; fiber; lineage; cobweb; fibril; stalk.”

bṛhadukṣāyam < bṛhat

[noun]

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

bṛhadukṣāyam < ukṣā < ukṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; ukṣan [word].”

bṛhadukṣāyam < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

sahasrastarīḥ < sahasra

[noun], masculine

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasrastarīḥ < starīḥ < starī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“barren cow.”

śatanītha < śata

[noun], neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

śatanītha < nīthaḥ < nīthā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

ṛbhvā < ṛbhvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

dyumān < dyumat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bright; brilliant; brilliant; loud.”

dyumatsu < dyumat

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“bright; brilliant; brilliant; loud.”

nṛbhir < nṛbhiḥ < nṛ

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

mṛjyamānaḥ < mṛj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

sumitreṣu < sumitra

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“Sumitra; Sumitra.”

dīdayo < dīdayaḥ < dīdī

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“shine; glitter.”

devayatsu < devay

[verb noun], locative, plural

“solicit.”

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