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 10.140.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तावा॑नं महि॒षं वि॒श्वद॑र्शतम॒ग्निं सु॒म्नाय॑ दधिरे पु॒रो जना॑: । श्रुत्क॑र्णं स॒प्रथ॑स्तमं त्वा गि॒रा दैव्यं॒ मानु॑षा यु॒गा ॥
ऋतावानं महिषं विश्वदर्शतमग्निं सुम्नाय दधिरे पुरो जनाः । श्रुत्कर्णं सप्रथस्तमं त्वा गिरा दैव्यं मानुषा युगा ॥
ṛtāvānam mahiṣaṃ viśvadarśatam agniṃ sumnāya dadhire puro janāḥ | śrutkarṇaṃ saprathastamaṃ tvā girā daivyam mānuṣā yugā ||
English translation:
“Men for the sake of happiness plural ce before them Agni, the speaker of truth, the mighty, thecontemplator of all; the posterity of Manu in pairs (propitiate) with praises you, whose ears are open (to praises)who are most renowned, and the (minister) of the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agniḥ pāvakaḥ [agni pāvaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तऽवा॑नम् । म॒हि॒षम् । वि॒श्वऽद॑र्शतम् । अ॒ग्निम् । सु॒म्नाय॑ । द॒धि॒रे॒ । पु॒रः । जनाः॑ । श्रुत्ऽक॑र्णम् । स॒प्रथः॑ऽतमम् । त्वा॒ । गि॒रा । दैव्य॑म् । मानु॑षा । यु॒गा ॥
ऋतवानम् । महिषम् । विश्वदर्शतम् । अग्निम् । सुम्नाय । दधिरे । पुरः । जनाः । श्रुत्कर्णम् । सप्रथःतमम् । त्वा । गिरा । दैव्यम् । मानुषा । युगा ॥
ṛta-vānam | mahiṣam | viśva-darśatam | agnim | sumnāya | dadhire | puraḥ | janāḥ | śrut-karṇam | saprathaḥ-tamam | tvā | girā | daivyam | mānuṣā | yugā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.140.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Old World buffalo; Mahiṣa; Mahiṣa.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beautiful; visible; beautiful.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[adverb]
“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun]
“listening.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ear; Karṇa; karṇa [word]; auricle; fluke; diameter; lobule.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“divine; divine; celestial.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”