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 3.24.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॒ विश्वे॑भिर॒ग्निभि॑र्दे॒वेभि॑र्महया॒ गिर॑: । य॒ज्ञेषु॒ य उ॑ चा॒यव॑: ॥
अग्ने विश्वेभिरग्निभिर्देवेभिर्महया गिरः । यज्ञेषु य उ चायवः ॥
agne viśvebhir agnibhir devebhir mahayā giraḥ | yajñeṣu ya u cāyavaḥ ||

English translation:

Agni, with all the divine fires, respect the praises of those who in (their) sacrifices are (your especial) worshippers.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ । विश्वे॑भिः । अ॒ग्निऽभिः॑ । दे॒वेभिः॑ । म॒ह॒य॒ । गिरः॑ । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । ये । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । चा॒यवः॑ ॥
अग्ने । विश्वेभिः । अग्निभिः । देवेभिः । महय । गिरः । यज्ञेषु । ये । ऊँ इति । चायवः ॥
agne | viśvebhiḥ | agni-bhiḥ | devebhiḥ | mahaya | giraḥ | yajñeṣu | ye | oṃ iti | cāyavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.24.4 English analysis of grammar]

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.”

viśvebhir < viśvebhiḥ < viśva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

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

agnibhir < agnibhiḥ < agni

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

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

devebhir < devebhiḥ < deva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

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

mahayā < mahay < √mah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“glorify.”

giraḥ < gir

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

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

yajñeṣu < yajña

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

ya < ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

cāyavaḥ < cāyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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