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 8.43.19

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निं धी॒भिर्म॑नी॒षिणो॒ मेधि॑रासो विप॒श्चित॑: । अ॒द्म॒सद्या॑य हिन्विरे ॥
अग्निं धीभिर्मनीषिणो मेधिरासो विपश्चितः । अद्मसद्याय हिन्विरे ॥
agniṃ dhībhir manīṣiṇo medhirāso vipaścitaḥ | admasadyāya hinvire ||

English translation:

“The wise, the intelligent, the sagacious, propitiate Agni with sacrifices for the attainment of food.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निम् । धी॒भिः । म॒नी॒षिणः॑ । मेधि॑रासः । वि॒पः॒ऽचितः॑ । अ॒द्म॒ऽसद्या॑य । हि॒न्वि॒रे॒ ॥
अग्निम् । धीभिः । मनीषिणः । मेधिरासः । विपःचितः । अद्मसद्याय । हिन्विरे ॥
agnim | dhībhiḥ | manīṣiṇaḥ | medhirāsaḥ | vipaḥ-citaḥ | adma-sadyāya | hinvire

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.43.19 English analysis of grammar]

agniṃ < agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

dhībhir < dhībhiḥ < dhī

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

manīṣiṇo < manīṣiṇaḥ < manīṣin

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sage; expert; devout.”

medhirāso < medhirāsaḥ < medhira

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“wise; intelligent.”

vipaścitaḥ < vipaścit

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“wise; expert.”

admasadyāya < admasadya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

hinvire < hi

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

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