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 8.43.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त त्वा॑ग्ने॒ मम॒ स्तुतो॑ वा॒श्राय॑ प्रति॒हर्य॑ते । गो॒ष्ठं गाव॑ इवाशत ॥
उत त्वाग्ने मम स्तुतो वाश्राय प्रतिहर्यते । गोष्ठं गाव इवाशत ॥
uta tvāgne mama stuto vāśrāya pratiharyate | goṣṭhaṃ gāva ivāśata ||
English translation:
“My praises hasten to you, Agni, as cows enter their stalls (to give milk) to the thirsting calves.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । त्वा॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । मम॑ । स्तुतः॑ । वा॒श्राय॑ । प्र॒ति॒ऽहर्य॑ते । गो॒ऽस्थम् । गावः॑ऽइव । आ॒श॒त॒ ॥
उत । त्वा । अग्ने । मम । स्तुतः । वाश्राय । प्रतिहर्यते । गोस्थम् । गावःइव । आशत ॥
uta | tvā | agne | mama | stutaḥ | vāśrāya | prati-haryate | go--stham | gāvaḥ-iva | āśata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.43.17 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“stut [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[verb noun], dative, singular
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“cowbarn; dwelling; pen; forum.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“get; reach; enter (a state).”