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 8.38.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जु॒षेथां॑ य॒ज्ञमि॒ष्टये॑ सु॒तं सोमं॑ सधस्तुती । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ आ ग॑तं नरा ॥
जुषेथां यज्ञमिष्टये सुतं सोमं सधस्तुती । इन्द्राग्नी आ गतं नरा ॥
juṣethāṃ yajñam iṣṭaye sutaṃ somaṃ sadhastutī | indrāgnī ā gataṃ narā ||
English translation:
“Associate in praie, accept the sacrifice; leaders of rites, Indra and Agni, come hither to the Somaeffused for this solemnity.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśvaḥ [śyāvāśva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāgnī ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जु॒षेथा॑म् । य॒ज्ञम् । इ॒ष्टये॑ । सु॒तम् । सोम॑म् । स॒ध॒स्तु॒ती॒ इति॑ सधऽस्तुती । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ इति॑ । आ । ग॒त॒म् । न॒रा॒ ॥
जुषेथाम् । यज्ञम् । इष्टये । सुतम् । सोमम् । सधस्तुती इति सधस्तुती । इन्द्राग्नी इति । आ । गतम् । नरा ॥
juṣethām | yajñam | iṣṭaye | sutam | somam | sadhastutī itisadha-stutī | indrāgnī iti | ā | gatam | narā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.38.4 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“yajña; offering; brick.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”