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 8.19.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यदी॑ घृ॒तेभि॒राहु॑तो॒ वाशी॑म॒ग्निर्भर॑त॒ उच्चाव॑ च । असु॑र इव नि॒र्णिज॑म् ॥
यदी घृतेभिराहुतो वाशीमग्निर्भरत उच्चाव च । असुर इव निर्णिजम् ॥
yadī ghṛtebhir āhuto vāśīm agnir bharata uc cāva ca | asura iva nirṇijam ||
English translation:
“When Agni, worshipped with oblations, sends his voice upwards and downwards, as the sun disperseshis rays, (we praise him).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यदि॑ । घृ॒तेभिः॑ । आऽहु॑तः । वाशी॑म् । अ॒ग्निः । भर॑ते । उत् । च॒ । अव॑ । च॒ । असु॑रःऽइव । निः॒ऽनिज॑म् ॥
यदि । घृतेभिः । आहुतः । वाशीम् । अग्निः । भरते । उत् । च । अव । च । असुरःइव । निःनिजम् ॥
yadi | ghṛtebhiḥ | āhutaḥ | vāśīm | agniḥ | bharate | ut | ca | ava | ca | asuraḥ-iva | niḥ-nijam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.19.23 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“if; in case.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sacrifice; sprinkle.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“ax; chisel.”
[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, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“attire; garment.”