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 7.15.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क्षप॑ उ॒स्रश्च॑ दीदिहि स्व॒ग्नय॒स्त्वया॑ व॒यम् । सु॒वीर॒स्त्वम॑स्म॒युः ॥
क्षप उस्रश्च दीदिहि स्वग्नयस्त्वया वयम् । सुवीरस्त्वमस्मयुः ॥
kṣapa usraś ca dīdihi svagnayas tvayā vayam | suvīras tvam asmayuḥ ||
English translation:
“Blaze, Agni, night and day, that by you we may be possessed of sacred fires; may you, friendly to us,be righteously praised.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क्षपः॑ । उ॒स्रः । च॒ । दी॒दि॒हि॒ । सु॒ऽअ॒ग्नयः॑ । त्वया॑ । व॒यम् । सु॒ऽवीरः॑ । त्वम् । अ॒स्म॒ऽयुः ॥
क्षपः । उस्रः । च । दीदिहि । सुअग्नयः । त्वया । वयम् । सुवीरः । त्वम् । अस्मयुः ॥
kṣapaḥ | usraḥ | ca | dīdihi | su-agnayaḥ | tvayā | vayam | su-vīraḥ | tvam | asma-yuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.15.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“night.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“dawn.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“shine; glitter.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine