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 10.87.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्रे॒दानीं॒ पश्य॑सि जातवेद॒स्तिष्ठ॑न्तमग्न उ॒त वा॒ चर॑न्तम् । यद्वा॒न्तरि॑क्षे प॒थिभि॒: पत॑न्तं॒ तमस्ता॑ विध्य॒ शर्वा॒ शिशा॑नः ॥
यत्रेदानीं पश्यसि जातवेदस्तिष्ठन्तमग्न उत वा चरन्तम् । यद्वान्तरिक्षे पथिभिः पतन्तं तमस्ता विध्य शर्वा शिशानः ॥
yatredānīm paśyasi jātavedas tiṣṭhantam agna uta vā carantam | yad vāntarikṣe pathibhiḥ patantaṃ tam astā vidhya śarvā śiśānaḥ ||
English translation:
“Wherever you now behold him, Agni Jātavedas, whether standing or moving, or passing along thepaths in the firmament, do you, O shooter sharpening (your arrows), transfix him with your shaft.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pāyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत्र॑ । इ॒दानी॑म् । पश्य॑सि । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । तिष्ठ॑न्तम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । उ॒त । वा॒ । चर॑न्तम् । यत् । वा॒ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे । प॒थिऽभिः । पत॑न्तम् । तम् । अस्ता॑ । वि॒ध्य॒ । शर्वा॑ । शिशा॑नः ॥
यत्र । इदानीम् । पश्यसि । जातवेदः । तिष्ठन्तम् । अग्ने । उत । वा । चरन्तम् । यत् । वा । अन्तरिक्षे । पथिभिः । पतन्तम् । तम् । अस्ता । विध्य । शर्वा । शिशानः ॥
yatra | idānīm | paśyasi | jāta-vedaḥ | tiṣṭhantam | agne | uta | vā | carantam | yat | vā | antarikṣe | pathi-bhiḥ | patantam | tam | astā | vidhya | śarvā | śiśānaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.87.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[adverb]
“now.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“fall down; drop; fly; issue; fall; fall; decay; hang down; banish; throw; lodge; disappear.”
[noun], accusative, 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], nominative, singular, masculine
“archer; shot.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“pierce; vedhay; pierce; transfix; bleed; pierce; cut off; injure.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“arrow.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”