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 4.55.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निरी॑शे वस॒व्य॑स्या॒ग्निर्म॒हः सौभ॑गस्य । तान्य॒स्मभ्यं॑ रासते ॥
अग्निरीशे वसव्यस्याग्निर्महः सौभगस्य । तान्यस्मभ्यं रासते ॥
agnir īśe vasavyasyāgnir mahaḥ saubhagasya | tāny asmabhyaṃ rāsate ||
English translation:
“Agni is lord over treasure; Agni (is lord) over great good fortune; may he bestow them upon us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । ई॒शे॒ । व॒स॒व्य॑स्य । अ॒ग्निः । म॒हः । सौभ॑गस्य । तानि॑ । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । रा॒स॒ते॒ ॥
अग्निः । ईशे । वसव्यस्य । अग्निः । महः । सौभगस्य । तानि । अस्मभ्यम् । रासते ॥
agniḥ | īśe | vasavyasya | agniḥ | mahaḥ | saubhagasya | tāni | asmabhyam | rāsate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.55.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“wealth; wealth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“well-being.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“give; impart.”