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 8.39.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निर्दे॒वेषु॒ संव॑सु॒: स वि॒क्षु य॒ज्ञिया॒स्वा । स मु॒दा काव्या॑ पु॒रु विश्वं॒ भूमे॑व पुष्यति दे॒वो दे॒वेषु॑ य॒ज्ञियो॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे ॥
अग्निर्देवेषु संवसुः स विक्षु यज्ञियास्वा । स मुदा काव्या पुरु विश्वं भूमेव पुष्यति देवो देवेषु यज्ञियो नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
agnir deveṣu saṃvasuḥ sa vikṣu yajñiyāsv ā | sa mudā kāvyā puru viśvam bhūmeva puṣyati devo deveṣu yajñiyo nabhantām anyake same ||
English translation:
“Agni has his abode among the gods, he (dwells) among pious people; he cherishes with plural asure manypious acts, as the earth all (beings); a god adorable among the gods; may all our adversaries perish.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nābhākaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nābhāka kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । दे॒वेषु॑ । सम्ऽव॑सुः । सः । वि॒क्षु । य॒ज्ञिया॑सु । आ । सः । मु॒दा । काव्या॑ । पु॒रु । विश्व॑म् । भूम॑ऽइव । पु॒ष्य॒ति॒ । दे॒वः । दे॒वेषु॑ । य॒ज्ञियः॑ । नभ॑न्ताम् । अ॒न्य॒के । स॒मे॒ ॥
अग्निः । देवेषु । सम्वसुः । सः । विक्षु । यज्ञियासु । आ । सः । मुदा । काव्या । पुरु । विश्वम् । भूमइव । पुष्यति । देवः । देवेषु । यज्ञियः । नभन्ताम् । अन्यके । समे ॥
agniḥ | deveṣu | sam-vasuḥ | saḥ | vikṣu | yajñiyāsu | ā | saḥ | mudā | kāvyā | puru | viśvam | bhūma-iva | puṣyati | devaḥ | deveṣu | yajñiyaḥ | nabhantām | anyake | same
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.39.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, 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
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], locative, plural
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“joy; delight.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Uśanas; poem; Kāvya; wisdom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“Earth; floor.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“boom; grow; promote; foster.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“burst.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a).”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“like; like; alike(p); level; symmetrical; balanced; average; same; regular; impartial; imperturbable; even; sama [word]; every(a); accurate; identical; fair; equal; synonymous; changeless; whole; exact; calm; straight; even; wide.”