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 8.43.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒क्षान्ना॑य व॒शान्ना॑य॒ सोम॑पृष्ठाय वे॒धसे॑ । स्तोमै॑र्विधेमा॒ग्नये॑ ॥
उक्षान्नाय वशान्नाय सोमपृष्ठाय वेधसे । स्तोमैर्विधेमाग्नये ॥
ukṣānnāya vaśānnāya somapṛṣṭhāya vedhase | stomair vidhemāgnaye ||
English translation:
“Let us adore with hymns Agni, the granter (of desires), the eater of the ox, the eater of the marrow, onwhose back the libation is poured.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒क्षऽअ॑न्नाय । व॒शाऽअ॑न्नाय । सोम॑ऽपृष्ठाय । वे॒धसे॑ । स्तोमैः॑ । वि॒धे॒म॒ । अ॒ग्नये॑ ॥
उक्षअन्नाय । वशाअन्नाय । सोमपृष्ठाय । वेधसे । स्तोमैः । विधेम । अग्नये ॥
ukṣa-annāya | vaśāannāya | soma-pṛṣṭhāya | vedhase | stomaiḥ | vidhema | agnaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.43.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], masculine
“bull; ukṣan [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”
[noun], feminine
“cow; female elephant.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“worship; offer.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”