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 8.23.30

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अग्ने॒ त्वं य॒शा अ॒स्या मि॒त्रावरु॑णा वह । ऋ॒तावा॑ना स॒म्राजा॑ पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥
अग्ने त्वं यशा अस्या मित्रावरुणा वह । ऋतावाना सम्राजा पूतदक्षसा ॥
agne tvaṃ yaśā asy ā mitrāvaruṇā vaha | ṛtāvānā samrājā pūtadakṣasā ||

English translation:

“You, Agni, are renowned, bring hither the truthful, the purely vigorous, the resplendent deities Mitra andVaruṇa.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Mitra and Varuṇa are ordinarily associated with Agni at sacrifices

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 । त्वम् । य॒शाः । अ॒सि॒ । आ । मि॒त्रावरु॑णा । व॒ह॒ । ऋ॒तऽवा॑ना । स॒म्ऽराजा॑ । पू॒तऽद॑क्षसा ॥
अग्ने । त्वम् । यशाः । असि । आ । मित्रावरुणा । वह । ऋतवाना । सम्राजा । पूतदक्षसा ॥
agne | tvam | yaśāḥ | asi | ā | mitrāvaruṇā | vaha | ṛta-vānā | sam-rājā | pūta-dakṣasā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.23.30 English analysis of grammar]

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

yaśā < yaśāḥ < yaśas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“esteemed; celebrated; glorious; honorable.”

asy < asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

vaha < vah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

ṛtāvānā < ṛtāvan

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”

samrājā < samrāj

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“sovereign; ruler.”

pūtadakṣasā < pūta <

[verb noun]

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

pūtadakṣasā < dakṣasā < dakṣas

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“intelligent.”

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