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 8.39.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो अ॒ग्निः स॒प्तमा॑नुषः श्रि॒तो विश्वे॑षु॒ सिन्धु॑षु । तमाग॑न्म त्रिप॒स्त्यं म॑न्धा॒तुर्द॑स्यु॒हन्त॑मम॒ग्निं य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यं नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे ॥
यो अग्निः सप्तमानुषः श्रितो विश्वेषु सिन्धुषु । तमागन्म त्रिपस्त्यं मन्धातुर्दस्युहन्तममग्निं यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यं नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
yo agniḥ saptamānuṣaḥ śrito viśveṣu sindhuṣu | tam āganma tripastyam mandhātur dasyuhantamam agniṃ yajñeṣu pūrvyaṃ nabhantām anyake same ||
English translation:
“Let us approach that Agni who is ministered to by seven priess; who takes refuge in all rivers, who hasa triple dwelling plural ce, the slayer of the Dasyu for Mandhātā, who is foremost in sacrifices; may all ouradversaries perish.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ministered by seven priests: yo agniḥ saptamānuṣaḥ = acting as seven priests;
Mandhātṛ = māndhātā, the son of Yuvanāśva
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nābhākaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nābhāka kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । अ॒ग्निः । स॒प्तऽमा॑नुषः । श्रि॒तः । विश्वे॑षु । सिन्धु॑षु । तम् । आ । अ॒ग॒न्म॒ । त्रि॒ऽप॒स्त्यम् । म॒न्धा॒तुः । द॒स्यु॒हन्ऽत॑मम् । अ॒ग्निम् । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । पू॒र्व्यम् । नभ॑न्ताम् । अ॒न्य॒के । स॒मे॒ ॥
यः । अग्निः । सप्तमानुषः । श्रितः । विश्वेषु । सिन्धुषु । तम् । आ । अगन्म । त्रिपस्त्यम् । मन्धातुः । दस्युहन्तमम् । अग्निम् । यज्ञेषु । पूर्व्यम् । नभन्ताम् । अन्यके । समे ॥
yaḥ | agniḥ | sapta-mānuṣaḥ | śritaḥ | viśveṣu | sindhuṣu | tam | ā | aganma | tri--pastyam | mandhātuḥ | dasyuhan-tamam | agnim | yajñeṣu | pūrvyam | nabhantām | anyake | same
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.39.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun]
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“human.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“come; arrive; return; enter (a state); approach; travel; enter; inherit; hand down; achieve; reach; appear; happen.”
[noun]
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing.”
[noun], accusative, 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
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[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.”