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 3.28.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ वृधा॒न आहु॑तिं पुरो॒ळाशं॑ जातवेदः । जु॒षस्व॑ ति॒रोअ॑ह्न्यम् ॥
अग्ने वृधान आहुतिं पुरोळाशं जातवेदः । जुषस्व तिरोअह्न्यम् ॥
agne vṛdhāna āhutim puroḻāśaṃ jātavedaḥ | juṣasva tiroahnyam ||

English translation:

Agni who is Jātavedas and is thriving upon oblations accept the cakes the butter as the day disappears.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॑ । वृ॒धा॒नः । आऽहु॑तिम् । पु॒रो॒ळाश॑म् । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । जु॒षस्व॑ । ति॒रःऽअ॑ह्न्यम् ॥
अग्ने । वृधानः । आहुतिम् । पुरोळाशम् । जातवेदः । जुषस्व । तिरःअह्न्यम् ॥
agne | vṛdhānaḥ | āhutim | puroḷāśam | jāta-vedaḥ | juṣasva | tiraḥ-ahnyam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.28.6 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.”

vṛdhāna < vṛdhānaḥ < vṛdh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

āhutim < āhuti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“āhuti; offering.”

puroḍāśaṃ < puroḍāśam < puroḍāś

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“puroḍāśa.”

jātavedaḥ < jātavedas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire.”

juṣasva < juṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

tiroahnyam < tiroahnya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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