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 8.43.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मे विप्र॑स्य वे॒धसो॒ऽग्नेरस्तृ॑तयज्वनः । गिर॒: स्तोमा॑स ईरते ॥
इमे विप्रस्य वेधसोऽग्नेरस्तृतयज्वनः । गिरः स्तोमास ईरते ॥
ime viprasya vedhaso 'gner astṛtayajvanaḥ | giraḥ stomāsa īrate ||

English translation:

“These repeaters of laudations recite the praises of the wise creative Agni, the uninterrupted sacrificeṛ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Uninterrupted: astṛta yajvan = the invincible sacrificer

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मे । विप्र॑स्य । वे॒धसः॑ । अ॒ग्नेः । अस्तृ॑तऽयज्वनः । गिरः॑ । स्तोमा॑सः । ई॒र॒ते॒ ॥
इमे । विप्रस्य । वेधसः । अग्नेः । अस्तृतयज्वनः । गिरः । स्तोमासः । ईरते ॥
ime | viprasya | vedhasaḥ | agneḥ | astṛta-yajvanaḥ | giraḥ | stomāsaḥ | īrate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.43.1 English analysis of grammar]

ime < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

viprasya < vipra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”

vedhaso < vedhasaḥ < vedhas

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”

'gner < agneḥ < agni

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

astṛtayajvanaḥ < astṛta

[noun]

“durable; invincible.”

astṛtayajvanaḥ < yajvanaḥ < yajvan

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

gira < giraḥ < gir

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

stomāsa < stomāsaḥ < stoma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

īrate < īr

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go.”

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