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 8.23.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निं व॑: पू॒र्व्यं हु॑वे॒ होता॑रं चर्षणी॒नाम् । तम॒या वा॒चा गृ॑णे॒ तमु॑ वः स्तुषे ॥
अग्निं वः पूर्व्यं हुवे होतारं चर्षणीनाम् । तमया वाचा गृणे तमु वः स्तुषे ॥
agniṃ vaḥ pūrvyaṃ huve hotāraṃ carṣaṇīnām | tam ayā vācā gṛṇe tam u vaḥ stuṣe ||
English translation:
“I invoke for you, (worshippers), Agni, the ancient ministrant priest of man, I praise him with this hymn, Iglorify him for you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निम् । वः॒ । पू॒र्व्य॑म् । हु॒वे॒ । होता॑रम् । च॒र्ष॒णी॒नाम् । तम् । अ॒या । वा॒चा । गृ॒णे॒ । तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । वः॒ । स्तु॒षे॒ ॥
अग्निम् । वः । पूर्व्यम् । हुवे । होतारम् । चर्षणीनाम् । तम् । अया । वाचा । गृणे । तम् । ऊँ इति । वः । स्तुषे ॥
agnim | vaḥ | pūrvyam | huve | hotāram | carṣaṇīnām | tam | ayā | vācā | gṛṇe | tam | oṃ iti | vaḥ | stuṣe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.23.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“people.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“praise.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”