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 6.14.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नाना॒ ह्य१॒॑ग्नेऽव॑से॒ स्पर्ध॑न्ते॒ रायो॑ अ॒र्यः । तूर्व॑न्तो॒ दस्यु॑मा॒यवो॑ व्र॒तैः सीक्ष॑न्तो अव्र॒तम् ॥
नाना ह्यग्नेऽवसे स्पर्धन्ते रायो अर्यः । तूर्वन्तो दस्युमायवो व्रतैः सीक्षन्तो अव्रतम् ॥
nānā hy agne 'vase spardhante rāyo aryaḥ | tūrvanto dasyum āyavo vrataiḥ sīkṣanto avratam ||

English translation:

“The manifold treasures of the enemy (detached from them) are emulous, Agni, for the preservation (of your worshippers); men who worship you, triumphing over the spoiler, seek to shame him who celebrates no sacred rite by (their) observances.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriguṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नाना॑ । हि । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अव॑से । स्पर्ध॑न्ते । रायः । अ॒र्यः । तूर्व॑न्तः । दस्यु॑म् । आ॒यवः॑ । व्र॒तैः । सीक्ष॑न्तः । अ॒व्र॒तम् ॥
नाना । हि । अग्ने । अवसे । स्पर्धन्ते । रायः । अर्यः । तूर्वन्तः । दस्युम् । आयवः । व्रतैः । सीक्षन्तः । अव्रतम् ॥
nānā | hi | agne | avase | spardhante | rāyaḥ | aryaḥ | tūrvantaḥ | dasyum | āyavaḥ | vrataiḥ | sīkṣantaḥ | avratam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.14.3 English analysis of grammar]

nānā

[adverb]

“variously; differently; many; individually.”

hy < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

'vase < avase < av

[verb noun]

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

spardhante < spṛdh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“rival.”

rāyo < rāyaḥ < rai

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

aryaḥ < ari

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

tūrvanto < tūrvantaḥ < tūrv

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“overpower.”

dasyum < dasyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

āyavo < āyavaḥ < āyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

vrataiḥ < vrata

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

sīkṣanto < sīkṣantaḥ < sīkṣ < √sah

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“beat.”

avratam < avrata

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“disobedient; evil.”

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