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 1.128.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निं होता॑रमीळते॒ वसु॑धितिं प्रि॒यं चेति॑ष्ठमर॒तिं न्ये॑रिरे हव्य॒वाहं॒ न्ये॑रिरे । वि॒श्वायुं॑ वि॒श्ववे॑दसं॒ होता॑रं यज॒तं क॒विम् । दे॒वासो॑ र॒ण्वमव॑से वसू॒यवो॑ गी॒र्भी र॒ण्वं व॑सू॒यव॑: ॥
अग्निं होतारमीळते वसुधितिं प्रियं चेतिष्ठमरतिं न्येरिरे हव्यवाहं न्येरिरे । विश्वायुं विश्ववेदसं होतारं यजतं कविम् । देवासो रण्वमवसे वसूयवो गीर्भी रण्वं वसूयवः ॥
agniṃ hotāram īḻate vasudhitim priyaṃ cetiṣṭham aratiṃ ny erire havyavāhaṃ ny erire | viśvāyuṃ viśvavedasaṃ hotāraṃ yajataṃ kavim | devāso raṇvam avase vasūyavo gīrbhī raṇvaṃ vasūyavaḥ ||

English translation:

“They, (the devout), praise Agni, the invoker (of the gods), the possessor of wealth, the beloved, the thoughtful; they have recourse to him as to a sovereign; they have recourse to him as the bearer of oblations; to him, who is the life (of all living beings), who knows all things, the offerer of oblations, the object of worship, the sage; the sacred (priests), desirous of affluence, murmur (his praises) to obtain his protection; desirous of affluence, they murmur (his praises) in their hymns.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍatyaṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निम् । होता॑रम् । ई॒ळ॒ते॒ । वसु॑ऽधितिम् । प्रि॒यम् । चेति॑ष्ठम् । अ॒र॒तिम् । नि । ए॒रि॒रे॒ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् । नि । ए॒रि॒रे॒ । वि॒श्वऽआ॑युम् । वि॒श्वऽवे॑दसम् । होता॑रम् । य॒ज॒तम् । क॒विम् । दे॒वासः॑ । र॒ण्वम् । अव॑से । व॒सु॒ऽयवः॑ । गीः॒ऽभिः । र॒ण्वम् । व॒सु॒ऽयवः॑ ॥
अग्निम् । होतारम् । ईळते । वसुधितिम् । प्रियम् । चेतिष्ठम् । अरतिम् । नि । एरिरे । हव्यवाहम् । नि । एरिरे । विश्वआयुम् । विश्ववेदसम् । होतारम् । यजतम् । कविम् । देवासः । रण्वम् । अवसे । वसुयवः । गीःभिः । रण्वम् । वसुयवः ॥
agnim | hotāram | īḷate | vasu-dhitim | priyam | cetiṣṭham | aratim | ni | erire | havya-vāham | ni | erire | viśva-āyum | viśva-vedasam | hotāram | yajatam | kavi m | devāsaḥ | raṇvam | avase | vasu-yavaḥ | gīḥ-bhiḥ | raṇvam | vasu-yavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.128.8 English analysis of grammar]

agniṃ < 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.”

hotāram < hotṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

īᄆate < īḍate < īḍ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“praise; invite; raise.”

vasudhitim < vasu

[noun], neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

vasudhitim < dhitim < dhiti

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

priyaṃ < priyam < priya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

cetiṣṭham < cetiṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“attentive.”

aratiṃ < aratim < arati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“charioteer.”

ny < ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

erire < er < √īr

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

havyavāhaṃ < havya

[noun], neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

havyavāhaṃ < vāham < vāha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“transporting; flowing; removing.”

ny < ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

erire < er < √īr

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

viśvāyuṃ < viśvāyum < viśvāyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“lifelong.”

viśvavedasaṃ < viśva

[noun]

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

viśvavedasaṃ < vedasam < vedas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“knowledge.”

hotāraṃ < hotāram < hotṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

yajataṃ < yajatam < yajata

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“holy; august; sacrificial.”

kavim < kavi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

devāso < devāsaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

raṇvam < raṇva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“agreeable; happy; delightful; gay.”

avase < av

[verb noun]

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

vasūyavo < vasūyavaḥ < vasūyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

gīrbhī < gīrbhiḥ < gir

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

raṇvaṃ < raṇvam < raṇva

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“agreeable; happy; delightful; gay.”

vasūyavaḥ < vasūyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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