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 8.43.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॒ भ्रात॒: सह॑स्कृत॒ रोहि॑दश्व॒ शुचि॑व्रत । इ॒मं स्तोमं॑ जुषस्व मे ॥
अग्ने भ्रातः सहस्कृत रोहिदश्व शुचिव्रत । इमं स्तोमं जुषस्व मे ॥
agne bhrātaḥ sahaskṛta rohidaśva śucivrata | imaṃ stomaṃ juṣasva me ||
English translation:
“Agni, (our) brother, who are elicited by strength, who have red horses, and are (the performer) of purerites, be propitiated by this my praise.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । भ्रा॒त॒रिति॑ । सहः॑ऽकृत । रोहि॑त्ऽअश्व । शुचि॑ऽव्रत । इ॒मम् । स्तोम॑म् । जु॒ष॒स्व॒ । मे॒ ॥
अग्ने । भ्रातरिति । सहःकृत । रोहित्अश्व । शुचिव्रत । इमम् । स्तोमम् । जुषस्व । मे ॥
agne | bhrātariti | sahaḥ-kṛta | rohit-aśva | śuci-vrata | imam | stomam | juṣasva | me
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.43.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“brother; bhrātṛ; relative.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“increased; aroused.”
[noun]
“red; red.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun]
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”