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 10.80.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निं विश॑ ईळते॒ मानु॑षी॒र्या अ॒ग्निं मनु॑षो॒ नहु॑षो॒ वि जा॒ताः । अ॒ग्निर्गान्ध॑र्वीं प॒थ्या॑मृ॒तस्या॒ग्नेर्गव्यू॑तिर्घृ॒त आ निष॑त्ता ॥
अग्निं विश ईळते मानुषीर्या अग्निं मनुषो नहुषो वि जाताः । अग्निर्गान्धर्वीं पथ्यामृतस्याग्नेर्गव्यूतिर्घृत आ निषत्ता ॥
agniṃ viśa īḻate mānuṣīr yā agnim manuṣo nahuṣo vi jātāḥ | agnir gāndharvīm pathyām ṛtasyāgner gavyūtir ghṛta ā niṣattā ||

English translation:

“The races who are of human birth praise (Agni, so do the men descended from king Nahuṣa; Agni,(hears) the voice which is fit for the path of sacrifice; Agni's path lies everywhere in ghī.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agniḥ saucīko vaiśvānaro vā [agni saucīka vaiśvānara vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निम् । विशः॑ । ई॒ळ॒ते॒ । मानु॑षीः । याः । अ॒ग्निम् । मनु॑षः । नहु॑षः । वि । जा॒ताः । अ॒ग्निः । गान्ध॑र्वीम् । प॒थ्या॑म् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । अ॒ग्नेः । गव्यू॑तिः । घृ॒ते । आ । निऽस॑त्ता ॥
अग्निम् । विशः । ईळते । मानुषीः । याः । अग्निम् । मनुषः । नहुषः । वि । जाताः । अग्निः । गान्धर्वीम् । पथ्याम् । ऋतस्य । अग्नेः । गव्यूतिः । घृते । आ । निसत्ता ॥
agnim | viśaḥ | īḷate | mānuṣīḥ | yāḥ | agnim | manuṣaḥ | nahuṣaḥ | vi | jātāḥ | agn iḥ | gāndharvīm | pathyām | ṛtasya | agneḥ | gavyūtiḥ | ghṛte | ā | ni-sattā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.80.6 English analysis of grammar]

agniṃ < agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

viśa < viśaḥ < viś

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

īḍate < īḍ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“praise; invite; raise.”

mānuṣīr < mānuṣīḥ < mānuṣa

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“human.”

< yāḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

manuṣo < manuṣaḥ < manus

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“Manu; man.”

nahuṣo < nahuṣaḥ < nahus

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

jātāḥ < jan

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

agnir < 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.”

gāndharvīm < gāndharva

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“gāndharva.”

pathyām < pathyā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Terminalia chebula Retz.; path; Pathyā; way.”

ṛtasyāgner < ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

ṛtasyāgner < agneḥ < agni

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

gavyūtir < gavyūtiḥ < gavyūti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“pasture.”

ghṛta < ghṛte < ghṛta

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

niṣattā < niṣad < √sad

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sit down; sit; put.”

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