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 8.23.24

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नू॒नम॑र्च॒ विहा॑यसे॒ स्तोमे॑भिः स्थूरयूप॒वत् । ऋषे॑ वैयश्व॒ दम्या॑या॒ग्नये॑ ॥
नूनमर्च विहायसे स्तोमेभिः स्थूरयूपवत् । ऋषे वैयश्व दम्यायाग्नये ॥
nūnam arca vihāyase stomebhiḥ sthūrayūpavat | ṛṣe vaiyaśva damyāyāgnaye ||

English translation:

“Ṛṣi, son of Vyaśva, adore the far-spreading domestic Agni, with praises, like Sthūrayūpa.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Sthūrayūpa is said to be the name of a ṛṣi

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārcīsvarāḍuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नू॒नम् । अ॒र्च॒ । विऽहा॑यसे । स्तोमे॑भिः । स्थू॒र॒यू॒प॒ऽवत् । ऋषे॑ । वै॒य॒श्व॒ । दम्या॑य । अ॒ग्नये॑ ॥
नूनम् । अर्च । विहायसे । स्तोमेभिः । स्थूरयूपवत् । ऋषे । वैयश्व । दम्याय । अग्नये ॥
nūnam | arca | vi-hāyase | stomebhiḥ | sthūrayūpa-vat | ṛṣe | vaiyaśva | damyāya | agnaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.23.24 English analysis of grammar]

nūnam

[adverb]

“now; surely; immediately; just.”

arca < arc

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sing; worship; honor; praise; welcome.”

vihāyase < vihāyas

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“vigorous.”

stomebhi < stomebhiḥ < stoma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

sthūrayūpavat < sthūra

[noun]

“large; portly; fleshy.”

sthūrayūpavat < yūpa

[noun], masculine

“column; stake.”

sthūrayūpavat < vat

[adverb]

“equally; like.”

ṛṣe < ṛṣi

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”

vaiyaśva

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

damyāyāgnaye < damyāya < damya

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“household.”

damyāyāgnaye < agnaye < agni

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

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