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 10.156.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ के॒तुर्वि॒शाम॑सि॒ प्रेष्ठ॒: श्रेष्ठ॑ उपस्थ॒सत् । बोधा॑ स्तो॒त्रे वयो॒ दध॑त् ॥
अग्ने केतुर्विशामसि प्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठ उपस्थसत् । बोधा स्तोत्रे वयो दधत् ॥
agne ketur viśām asi preṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭha upasthasat | bodhā stotre vayo dadhat ||
English translation:
“You, Agni, are the best beloved and most excellent banner of the people; understand (our praise)giving food to the praiser.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): keturāgneyaḥ [keturāgneya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । के॒तुः । वि॒शाम् । अ॒सि॒ । प्रेष्ठः॑ । श्रेष्ठः॑ । उ॒प॒स्थ॒ऽसत् । बोध॑ । स्तो॒त्रे । वयः॑ । दध॑त् ॥
अग्ने । केतुः । विशाम् । असि । प्रेष्ठः । श्रेष्ठः । उपस्थसत् । बोध । स्तोत्रे । वयः । दधत् ॥
agne | ketuḥ | viśām | asi | preṣṭhaḥ | śreṣṭhaḥ | upastha-sat | bodha | stotre | vayaḥ | dadhat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.156.5 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], nominative, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“dearest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“best; better; chief(a); beautiful.”
[noun], neuter
“genitalia; lap; sexual desire; anus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“good; good; real; existent; virtuous; sat [prefix]; real.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“understand; notice; wake up; observe; detect; attend to; awaken; attend.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“singer.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”