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 8.23.22
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र॒थ॒मं जा॒तवे॑दसम॒ग्निं य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यम् । प्रति॒ स्रुगे॑ति॒ नम॑सा ह॒विष्म॑ती ॥
प्रथमं जातवेदसमग्निं यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम् । प्रति स्रुगेति नमसा हविष्मती ॥
prathamaṃ jātavedasam agniṃ yajñeṣu pūrvyam | prati srug eti namasā haviṣmatī ||
English translation:
“The ladle charged with the oblation proceeds with reverence at sacrifices to the ancient Agni, the first(of the gods), the cognizant of all that exists.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
With reverence: or, with the hymn, stotreṇa namaskāreṇa vā
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र॒थ॒मम् । जा॒तऽवे॑दसम् । अ॒ग्निम् । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । पू॒र्व्यम् । प्रति॑ । स्रुक् । ए॒ति॒ । नम॑सा । ह॒विष्म॑ती ॥
प्रथमम् । जातवेदसम् । अग्निम् । यज्ञेषु । पूर्व्यम् । प्रति । स्रुक् । एति । नमसा । हविष्मती ॥
prathamam | jāta-vedasam | agnim | yajñeṣu | pūrvyam | prati | sruk | eti | namasā | haviṣmatī
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.23.22 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“first.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Sruc.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“sacrificing.”