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 7.34.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अवी॑न्नो अ॒ग्निर्ह॒व्यान्नमो॑भि॒: प्रेष्ठो॑ अस्मा अधायि॒ स्तोम॑: ॥
अवीन्नो अग्निर्हव्यान्नमोभिः प्रेष्ठो अस्मा अधायि स्तोमः ॥
avīn no agnir havyān namobhiḥ preṣṭho asmā adhāyi stomaḥ ||

English translation:

“May Agni, the feeder on oblations, propitiated by our homage, protect us; to him has our praise beenaddressed.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अवी॑त् । नः॒ । अ॒ग्निः । ह॒व्य॒ऽअत् । नमः॑ऽभिः । प्रेष्ठः॑ । अ॒स्मै॒ । अ॒धा॒यि॒ । स्तोमः॑ ॥
अवीत् । नः । अग्निः । हव्यअत् । नमःभिः । प्रेष्ठः । अस्मै । अधायि । स्तोमः ॥
avīt | naḥ | agniḥ | havya-at | namaḥ-bhiḥ | preṣṭhaḥ | asmai | adhāyi | stomaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.34.14 English analysis of grammar]

avīn < avīt < av

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

havyān < havyād

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

namobhiḥ < namas

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”

preṣṭho < preṣṭhaḥ < preṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“dearest.”

asmā < asmai < idam

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

adhāyi < dhā

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

stomaḥ < stoma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

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