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 6.16.28
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निस्ति॒ग्मेन॑ शो॒चिषा॒ यास॒द्विश्वं॒ न्य१॒॑त्रिण॑म् । अ॒ग्निर्नो॑ वनते र॒यिम् ॥
अग्निस्तिग्मेन शोचिषा यासद्विश्वं न्यत्रिणम् । अग्निर्नो वनते रयिम् ॥
agnis tigmena śociṣā yāsad viśvaṃ ny atriṇam | agnir no vanate rayim ||
English translation:
“May Agni, with his sharp flame, demolish the devourer (of the oblation); may Agni grant us riches.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । ति॒ग्मेन॑ । शो॒चिषा॑ । यास॑त् । विश्व॑म् । नि । अ॒त्रिण॑म् । अ॒ग्निः । नः॒ । व॒न॒ते॒ । र॒यिम् ॥
अग्निः । तिग्मेन । शोचिषा । यासत् । विश्वम् । नि । अत्रिणम् । अग्निः । नः । वनते । रयिम् ॥
agniḥ | tigmena | śociṣā | yāsat | viśvam | ni | atriṇam | agniḥ | naḥ | vanate | rayim
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.28 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“sharp; pointed; fiery.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Atrin; eater.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wealth; property.”