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 10.118.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

घृ॒तेना॒ग्निः सम॑ज्यते॒ मधु॑प्रतीक॒ आहु॑तः । रोच॑मानो वि॒भाव॑सुः ॥
घृतेनाग्निः समज्यते मधुप्रतीक आहुतः । रोचमानो विभावसुः ॥
ghṛtenāgniḥ sam ajyate madhupratīka āhutaḥ | rocamāno vibhāvasuḥ ||

English translation:

Agni is anointed with butter, having a face of honey, invoked, radiant, irradiating all.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): urukṣaya āmahīyavaḥ [urukṣaya āmahīyava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

घृ॒तेन॑ । अ॒ग्निः । सम् । अ॒ज्य॒ते॒ । मधु॑ऽप्रतीकः । आऽहु॑तः । रोच॑मानः । वि॒भाऽव॑सुः ॥
घृतेन । अग्निः । सम् । अज्यते । मधुप्रतीकः । आहुतः । रोचमानः । विभावसुः ॥
ghṛtena | agniḥ | sam | ajyate | madhu-pratīkaḥ | āhutaḥ | rocamānaḥ | vibhāvasuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.118.4 English analysis of grammar]

ghṛtenāgniḥ < ghṛtena < ghṛta

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ghṛtenāgniḥ < 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.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

ajyate < añj

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“smear; anoint; mix; color.”

madhupratīka < madhu

[noun]

“sweet; deft.”

madhupratīka < pratīkaḥ < pratīka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“face; surface.”

āhutaḥ < āhu < √hu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sacrifice; sprinkle.”

rocamāno < rocamānaḥ < ruc

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“please; shine.”

vibhāvasuḥ < vibhāvasu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sun; Surya.”

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