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 1.79.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अवा॑ नो अग्न ऊ॒तिभि॑र्गाय॒त्रस्य॒ प्रभ॑र्मणि । विश्वा॑सु धी॒षु व॑न्द्य ॥
अवा नो अग्न ऊतिभिर्गायत्रस्य प्रभर्मणि । विश्वासु धीषु वन्द्य ॥
avā no agna ūtibhir gāyatrasya prabharmaṇi | viśvāsu dhīṣu vandya ||

English translation:

Agni, who in all rites are to be praised, guard us with your protection, (propitiated) by the recitation of the metrical hymn.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अव॑ । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । गा॒य॒त्रस्य॑ । प्रऽभ॑र्मणि । विश्वा॑सु । धी॒षु । व॒न्द्य॒ ॥
अव । नः । अग्ने । ऊतिभिः । गायत्रस्य । प्रभर्मणि । विश्वासु । धीषु । वन्द्य ॥
ava | naḥ | agne | ūti-bhiḥ | gāyatrasya | pra-bharmaṇi | viśvāsu | dhīṣu | vandya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.79.7 English analysis of grammar]

avā < av

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

agna < 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.”

ūtibhir < ūtibhiḥ < ūti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

gāyatrasya < gāyatra

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Gāyatrī; Gāyatra.”

prabharmaṇi < prabharman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

viśvāsu < viśva

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

dhīṣu < dhī

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

vandya < vand

[verb noun], vocative, singular

“worship; laud.”

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