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 8.11.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम॑सि प्र॒शस्यो॑ वि॒दथे॑षु सहन्त्य । अग्ने॑ र॒थीर॑ध्व॒राणा॑म् ॥
त्वमसि प्रशस्यो विदथेषु सहन्त्य । अग्ने रथीरध्वराणाम् ॥
tvam asi praśasyo vidatheṣu sahantya | agne rathīr adhvarāṇām ||

English translation:

“Victor (over enemies), you are to be hymned at solemn rites; you, Agni, are the charioteer of sacrifices.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): vardhamānā gāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । अ॒सि॒ । प्र॒ऽशस्यः॑ । वि॒दथे॑षु । स॒ह॒न्त्य॒ । अग्ने॑ । र॒थीः । अ॒ध्व॒राणा॑म् ॥
त्वम् । असि । प्रशस्यः । विदथेषु । सहन्त्य । अग्ने । रथीः । अध्वराणाम् ॥
tvam | asi | pra-śasyaḥ | vidatheṣu | sahantya | agne | rathīḥ | adhvarāṇām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.11.2 English analysis of grammar]

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

praśasyo < praśasyaḥ < praśaṃs < √śaṃs

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“recommend; approve; praise; laud; favor; proclaim.”

vidatheṣu < vidatha

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“meeting; wisdom; council.”

sahantya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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.”

rathīr < rathīḥ < rathī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

adhvarāṇām < adhvara

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

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