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 10.91.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तमोष॑धीर्दधिरे॒ गर्भ॑मृ॒त्वियं॒ तमापो॑ अ॒ग्निं ज॑नयन्त मा॒तर॑: । तमित्स॑मा॒नं व॒निन॑श्च वी॒रुधो॒ऽन्तर्व॑तीश्च॒ सुव॑ते च वि॒श्वहा॑ ॥
तमोषधीर्दधिरे गर्भमृत्वियं तमापो अग्निं जनयन्त मातरः । तमित्समानं वनिनश्च वीरुधोऽन्तर्वतीश्च सुवते च विश्वहा ॥
tam oṣadhīr dadhire garbham ṛtviyaṃ tam āpo agniṃ janayanta mātaraḥ | tam it samānaṃ vaninaś ca vīrudho 'ntarvatīś ca suvate ca viśvahā ||
English translation:
“The plural nts bear him as the embryo (conceived) in due season; the maternal waters bring forth Agni;yes, the trees and the pregnant creepers bring him forth daily like themselves.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Samānam = equal to (or like)themselves, since he enters them as an embryo
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aruṇo vaitahavyaḥ [aruṇa vaitahavya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । ओष॑धीः । द॒धि॒रे॒ । गर्भ॑म् । ऋ॒त्विय॑म् । तम् । आपः॑ । अ॒ग्निम् । ज॒न॒य॒न्त॒ । मा॒तरः॑ । तम् । इत् । स॒मा॒नम् । व॒निनः॑ । च॒ । वी॒रुधः॑ । अ॒न्तःऽव॑तीः । च॒ । सुव॑ते । च॒ । वि॒श्वहा॑ ॥
तम् । ओषधीः । दधिरे । गर्भम् । ऋत्वियम् । तम् । आपः । अग्निम् । जनयन्त । मातरः । तम् । इत् । समानम् । वनिनः । च । वीरुधः । अन्तःवतीः । च । सुवते । च । विश्वहा ॥
tam | oṣadhīḥ | dadhire | garbham | ṛtviyam | tam | āpaḥ | agnim | janayanta | mātaraḥ | tam | it | samānam | vaninaḥ | ca | vīrudhaḥ | antaḥ-vatīḥ | ca | suvate | ca | viśvahā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.91.6 English analysis of grammar]
[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], accusative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; simple; oṣadhi [word]; remedy.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“regular; punctual; timely.”
[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, plural, neuter
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“like; identical; common; like; alike(p); same; samāna [word]; akin(p); comparable; identical; mutual; equal.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“tree.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“plant; shrub.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“antarvat [word]; pregnant.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“give birth; urge; bestow; cause.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[adverb]