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 8.39.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं नो॑ अग्न आ॒युषु॒ त्वं दे॒वेषु॑ पूर्व्य॒ वस्व॒ एक॑ इरज्यसि । त्वामाप॑: परि॒स्रुत॒: परि॑ यन्ति॒ स्वसे॑तवो॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे ॥
त्वं नो अग्न आयुषु त्वं देवेषु पूर्व्य वस्व एक इरज्यसि । त्वामापः परिस्रुतः परि यन्ति स्वसेतवो नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
tvaṃ no agna āyuṣu tvaṃ deveṣu pūrvya vasva eka irajyasi | tvām āpaḥ parisrutaḥ pari yanti svasetavo nabhantām anyake same ||
English translation:
“You, ancient Agni, among men and gods, are alone to us the lord of wealth; the flowing waters confinedwithin their own banks flow around you;may all our adversaries perish.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nābhākaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nābhāka kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ॒युषु॑ । त्वम् । दे॒वेषु॑ । पू॒र्व्य॒ । वस्वः॑ । एकः॑ । इ॒र॒ज्य॒सि॒ । त्वाम् । आपः॑ । प॒रि॒ऽस्रुतः॑ । परि॑ । य॒न्ति॒ । स्वऽसे॑तवः । नभ॑न्ताम् । अ॒न्य॒के । स॒मे॒ ॥
त्वम् । नः । अग्ने । आयुषु । त्वम् । देवेषु । पूर्व्य । वस्वः । एकः । इरज्यसि । त्वाम् । आपः । परिस्रुतः । परि । यन्ति । स्वसेतवः । नभन्ताम् । अन्यके । समे ॥
tvam | naḥ | agne | āyuṣu | tvam | deveṣu | pūrvya | vasvaḥ | ekaḥ | irajyasi | tvām | āpaḥ | pari-srutaḥ | pari | yanti | sva-setavaḥ | nabhantām | anyake | same
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.39.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, 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
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Vasu; Vasu; eight; vas; audbhida; Deva; sun; pāṃśuja; Agni.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“direct.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“flowing.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“dam; bridge; causeway; Setu; Om; landmark; shackle.”
[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.”