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 8.6.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मा अ॒भि प्र णो॑नुमो वि॒पामग्रे॑षु धी॒तय॑: । अ॒ग्नेः शो॒चिर्न दि॒द्युत॑: ॥
इमा अभि प्र णोनुमो विपामग्रेषु धीतयः । अग्नेः शोचिर्न दिद्युतः ॥
imā abhi pra ṇonumo vipām agreṣu dhītayaḥ | agneḥ śocir na didyutaḥ ||
English translation:
“In front of one worshipper we repeatedly utter our praises, radiant as the flame of fire.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒माः । अ॒भि । प्र । नो॒नु॒मः॒ । वि॒पाम् । अग्रे॑षु । धी॒तयः॑ । अ॒ग्नेः । शो॒चिः । न । दि॒द्युतः॑ ॥
इमाः । अभि । प्र । नोनुमः । विपाम् । अग्रेषु । धीतयः । अग्नेः । शोचिः । न । दिद्युतः ॥
imāḥ | abhi | pra | nonumaḥ | vipām | agreṣu | dhītayaḥ | agneḥ | śociḥ | na | didyutaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“bellow.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“arrow; Didyut.”