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 10.88.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सू॒क्त॒वा॒कं प्र॑थ॒ममादिद॒ग्निमादिद्ध॒विर॑जनयन्त दे॒वाः । स ए॑षां य॒ज्ञो अ॑भवत्तनू॒पास्तं द्यौर्वे॑द॒ तं पृ॑थि॒वी तमाप॑: ॥
सूक्तवाकं प्रथममादिदग्निमादिद्धविरजनयन्त देवाः । स एषां यज्ञो अभवत्तनूपास्तं द्यौर्वेद तं पृथिवी तमापः ॥
sūktavākam prathamam ād id agnim ād id dhavir ajanayanta devāḥ | sa eṣāṃ yajño abhavat tanūpās taṃ dyaur veda tam pṛthivī tam āpaḥ ||
English translation:
“The gods first genitive rated the words of the hymn, then Agni, then the oblation; he is the (object of the)sacrifice of these deities, the protector of the body; him the heaven knows, him the earth and the waters, know.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): mūrdhanvānāṅgiraso vāmadevyo vā [mūrdhanvānāṅgirasa vāmadevya vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryavaiśvānarau ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सू॒क्त॒ऽवा॒कम् । प्र॒थ॒मम् । आत् । इत् । अ॒ग्निम् । आत् । इत् । ह॒विः । अ॒ज॒न॒य॒न्त॒ । दे॒वाः । सः । ए॒षा॒म् । य॒ज्ञः । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । त॒नू॒ऽपाः । तम् । द्यौः । वे॒द॒ । तम् । पृ॒थि॒वी । तम् । आपः॑ ॥
सूक्तवाकम् । प्रथमम् । आत् । इत् । अग्निम् । आत् । इत् । हविः । अजनयन्त । देवाः । सः । एषाम् । यज्ञः । अभवत् । तनूपाः । तम् । द्यौः । वेद । तम् । पृथिवी । तम् । आपः ॥
sūkta-vākam | prathamam | āt | it | agnim | āt | it | haviḥ | ajanayanta | devāḥ | saḥ | eṣām | yajñaḥ | abhavat | tanū-pāḥ | tam | dyauḥ | veda | tam | pṛthivī | tam | āpaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.88.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun]
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[adverb]
“then.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“then.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“protecting.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”