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 10.156.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॒ नक्ष॑त्रम॒जर॒मा सूर्यं॑ रोहयो दि॒वि । दध॒ज्ज्योति॒र्जने॑भ्यः ॥
अग्ने नक्षत्रमजरमा सूर्यं रोहयो दिवि । दधज्ज्योतिर्जनेभ्यः ॥
agne nakṣatram ajaram ā sūryaṃ rohayo divi | dadhaj jyotir janebhyaḥ ||
English translation:
“You, Agni, have elevated the imperishable plural net, the Sun, in the firmament, giving light to the people.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): keturāgneyaḥ [keturāgneya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । नक्ष॑त्रम् । अ॒जर॑म् । आ । सूर्य॑म् । रो॒ह॒यः॒ । दि॒वि । दध॑त् । ज्योतिः॑ । जने॑भ्यः ॥
अग्ने । नक्षत्रम् । अजरम् । आ । सूर्यम् । रोहयः । दिवि । दधत् । ज्योतिः । जनेभ्यः ॥
agne | nakṣatram | ajaram | ā | sūryam | rohayaḥ | divi | dadhat | jyotiḥ | janebhyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.156.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Nakṣatra; celestial body; nakṣatra [word]; pearl.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“undecaying; ageless.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
[noun], locative, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”