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 8.23.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॒ तव॒ त्ये अ॑ज॒रेन्धा॑नासो बृ॒हद्भाः । अश्वा॑ इव॒ वृष॑णस्तविषी॒यव॑: ॥
अग्ने तव त्ये अजरेन्धानासो बृहद्भाः । अश्वा इव वृषणस्तविषीयवः ॥
agne tava tye ajarendhānāso bṛhad bhāḥ | aśvā iva vṛṣaṇas taviṣīyavaḥ ||
English translation:
“These your vast blazing flames, undecaying Agni, are most powerful, vigorous as horses.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । तव॑ । त्ये । अ॒ज॒र॒ । इन्धा॑नासः । बृ॒हत् । भाः । अश्वाः॑ऽइव । वृष॑णः । त॒वि॒षी॒ऽयवः॑ ॥
अग्ने । तव । त्ये । अजर । इन्धानासः । बृहत् । भाः । अश्वाःइव । वृषणः । तविषीयवः ॥
agne | tava | tye | ajara | indhānāsaḥ | bṛhat | bhāḥ | aśvāḥ-iva | vṛṣaṇaḥ | tavi ṣī-yavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.23.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“that.”
[noun]
“undecaying; ageless.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“kindle; ignite; set ablaze.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“beam; radiance; bhās [word]; fire.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine