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 3.2.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शुचिं॒ न याम॑न्निषि॒रं स्व॒र्दृशं॑ के॒तुं दि॒वो रो॑चन॒स्थामु॑ष॒र्बुध॑म् । अ॒ग्निं मू॒र्धानं॑ दि॒वो अप्र॑तिष्कुतं॒ तमी॑महे॒ नम॑सा वा॒जिनं॑ बृ॒हत् ॥
शुचिं न यामन्निषिरं स्वर्दृशं केतुं दिवो रोचनस्थामुषर्बुधम् । अग्निं मूर्धानं दिवो अप्रतिष्कुतं तमीमहे नमसा वाजिनं बृहत् ॥
śuciṃ na yāmann iṣiraṃ svardṛśaṃ ketuṃ divo rocanasthām uṣarbudham | agnim mūrdhānaṃ divo apratiṣkutaṃ tam īmahe namasā vājinam bṛhat ||

English translation:

“We implore with prayer the mighty Agni, the giver of food, the unrefusing, (seated on) the front of heaven; the radiant in the sacrifice, him who is to be sought (for by all), the beholder of all, the emblem of heaven, the dweller in light, who is to be awakened at dawn.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gāthino viśvāmitraḥ [gāthina viśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnirvaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शुचि॑म् । न । याम॑न् । इ॒षि॒रम् । स्वः॒ऽदृश॑म् । के॒तुम् । दि॒वः । रो॒च॒न॒ऽस्थाम् । उ॒षः॒ऽबुध॑म् । अ॒ग्निम् । मू॒र्धान॑म् । दि॒वः । अप्र॑तिऽस्कुतम् । तम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ । नम॑सा । वा॒जिन॑म् । बृ॒हत् ॥
शुचिम् । न । यामन् । इषिरम् । स्वःदृशम् । केतुम् । दिवः । रोचनस्थाम् । उषःबुधम् । अग्निम् । मूर्धानम् । दिवः । अप्रतिस्कुतम् । तम् । ईमहे । नमसा । वाजिनम् । बृहत् ॥
śucim | na | yāman | iṣiram | svaḥ-dṛśam | ketum | divaḥ | rocana-sthām | uṣaḥ-budham | agnim | mūrdhānam | divaḥ | aprati-skutam | tam | īmahe | namasā | vājinam | bṛhat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.2.14 English analysis of grammar]

śuciṃ < śucim < śuci

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

yāmann < yāman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”

iṣiraṃ < iṣiram < iṣira

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vigorous; bracing; quick.”

svardṛśaṃ < svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

svardṛśaṃ < dṛśam < dṛś

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“eye; dṛś; dṛś [word]; sight; evil eye.”

ketuṃ < ketum < ketu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

rocanasthām < rocana

[noun], neuter

“light; celestial sphere.”

rocanasthām < sthām < sthā

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

uṣarbudham < uṣarbudh

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“early rising.”

agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

mūrdhānaṃ < mūrdhānam < mūrdhan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

apratiṣkutaṃ < apratiṣkutam < apratiṣkuta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“unhampered; unrestrained; unchallenged.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

īmahe < ī < √i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

namasā < namas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”

vājinam < vājin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”

bṛhat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

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