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 8.27.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र सू न॑ एत्वध्व॒रो॒३॒॑ऽग्ना दे॒वेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यः । आ॒दि॒त्येषु॒ प्र वरु॑णे धृ॒तव्र॑ते म॒रुत्सु॑ वि॒श्वभा॑नुषु ॥
प्र सू न एत्वध्वरोऽग्ना देवेषु पूर्व्यः । आदित्येषु प्र वरुणे धृतव्रते मरुत्सु विश्वभानुषु ॥
pra sū na etv adhvaro 'gnā deveṣu pūrvyaḥ | ādityeṣu pra varuṇe dhṛtavrate marutsu viśvabhānuṣu ||
English translation:
“Let the ancient sacrifice proceed first to Agni, then to the gods, -- to the Ādityas, to Varuṇa, observantof obligations, to the all-resplendent Maruts.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): manurvaivasvataḥ [manurvaivasvata];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): śaṅkummatībṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । सु । नः॒ । ए॒तु॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रः । अ॒ग्ना । दे॒वेषु॑ । पू॒र्व्यः । आ॒दि॒त्येषु॑ । प्र । वरु॑णे । धृ॒तऽव्र॑ते । म॒रुत्ऽसु॑ । वि॒श्वऽभा॑नुषु ॥
प्र । सु । नः । एतु । अध्वरः । अग्ना । देवेषु । पूर्व्यः । आदित्येषु । प्र । वरुणे । धृतव्रते । मरुत्सु । विश्वभानुषु ॥
pra | su | naḥ | etu | adhvaraḥ | agnā | deveṣu | pūrvyaḥ | ādityeṣu | pra | varuṇe | dhṛta-vrate | marut-su | viśva-bhānuṣu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.27.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], locative, 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
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb noun]
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“sun; Surya; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sunbeam; beam; luminosity; copper; light; twelve; appearance; Bhānu; flare.”