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 8.28.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा स्मद्रा॑तिषाचो अ॒ग्नय॑: । पत्नी॑वन्तो॒ वष॑ट्कृताः ॥
वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा स्मद्रातिषाचो अग्नयः । पत्नीवन्तो वषट्कृताः ॥
varuṇo mitro aryamā smadrātiṣāco agnayaḥ | patnīvanto vaṣaṭkṛtāḥ ||

English translation:

“May Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman and the Agnis, with their wives, honouring the donors (of the oblation),and addressed with the sacrificial exclamation.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): manurvaivasvataḥ [manurvaivasvata];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वरु॑णः । मि॒त्रः । अ॒र्य॒मा । स्मद्रा॑तिऽसाचः । अ॒ग्नयः॑ । पत्नी॑ऽवन्तः । वष॑ट्ऽकृटाः ॥
वरुणः । मित्रः । अर्यमा । स्मद्रातिसाचः । अग्नयः । पत्नीवन्तः । वषट्कृटाः ॥
varuṇaḥ | mitraḥ | aryamā | smadrāti-sācaḥ | agnayaḥ | patnī-vantaḥ | vaṣaṭ-kṛṭāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.28.2 English analysis of grammar]

varuṇo < varuṇaḥ < varuṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

aryamā < aryaman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”

smadrātiṣāco < smat

[adverb]

“simultaneously; jointly.”

smadrātiṣāco < rātiṣācaḥ < rātiṣāc

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

agnayaḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

patnīvanto < patnīvantaḥ < patnīvat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

vaṣaṭkṛtāḥ < vaṣaṭkṛ < √kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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