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 10.122.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञस्य॑ के॒तुं प्र॑थ॒मं पु॒रोहि॑तं ह॒विष्म॑न्त ईळते स॒प्त वा॒जिन॑म् । शृ॒ण्वन्त॑म॒ग्निं घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठमु॒क्षणं॑ पृ॒णन्तं॑ दे॒वं पृ॑ण॒ते सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥
यज्ञस्य केतुं प्रथमं पुरोहितं हविष्मन्त ईळते सप्त वाजिनम् । शृण्वन्तमग्निं घृतपृष्ठमुक्षणं पृणन्तं देवं पृणते सुवीर्यम् ॥
yajñasya ketum prathamam purohitaṃ haviṣmanta īḻate sapta vājinam | śṛṇvantam agniṃ ghṛtapṛṣṭham ukṣaṇam pṛṇantaṃ devam pṛṇate suvīryam ||
English translation:
“The seven (priests) bearing oblations worship Agni, the emblem of sacrifice, the first of the gods, thefamily priest, the possessor of food, the hearer (of our prayers), the anointed with butter, the shedder of moisture,propitiating the worshipper who propitiates him, divine, endowed with excellent might.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): citramahā vāsiṣṭhaḥ [citramahā vāsiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । के॒तुम् । प्र॒थ॒मम् । पु॒रःऽहि॑तम् । ह॒विष्म॑न्तः । ई॒ळ॒ते॒ । स॒प्त । वा॒जिन॑म् । शृ॒ण्वन्त॑म् । अ॒ग्निम् । घृ॒तऽपृ॑ष्ठम् । उ॒क्षण॑म् । पृ॒णन्त॑म् । दे॒वम् । पृ॒ण॒ते । सु॒ऽवीर्य॑म् ॥
यज्ञस्य । केतुम् । प्रथमम् । पुरःहितम् । हविष्मन्तः । ईळते । सप्त । वाजिनम् । शृण्वन्तम् । अग्निम् । घृतपृष्ठम् । उक्षणम् । पृणन्तम् । देवम् । पृणते । सुवीर्यम् ॥
yajñasya | ketum | prathamam | puraḥ-hitam | haviṣmantaḥ | īḷate | sapta | vājinam | śṛṇvantam | agnim | ghṛta-pṛṣṭham | ukṣaṇam | pṛṇantam | devam | pṛṇate | su-vīryam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.122.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Purohita; purohita [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“praise; invite; raise.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bull; ukṣan [word].”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”