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 8.43.25

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निं वि॒श्वायु॑वेपसं॒ मर्यं॒ न वा॒जिनं॑ हि॒तम् । सप्तिं॒ न वा॑जयामसि ॥
अग्निं विश्वायुवेपसं मर्यं न वाजिनं हितम् । सप्तिं न वाजयामसि ॥
agniṃ viśvāyuvepasam maryaṃ na vājinaṃ hitam | saptiṃ na vājayāmasi ||

English translation:

“We invigorate like a horse that (Agni) whose might is everywhere present; who is noble, strong, andbenevolent.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Stonr: maryam na vājinam = like a strong man

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 । वि॒श्वायु॑ऽवेपसम् । मर्य॑म् । न । वा॒जिन॑म् । हि॒तम् । सप्ति॑म् । न । वा॒ज॒या॒म॒सि॒ ॥
अग्निम् । विश्वायुवेपसम् । मर्यम् । न । वाजिनम् । हितम् । सप्तिम् । न । वाजयामसि ॥
agnim | viśvāyu-vepasam | maryam | na | vājinam | hitam | saptim | na | vājayāmasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.43.25 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.”

viśvāyuvepasam < viśvāyu

[noun]

“lifelong.”

viśvāyuvepasam < vepasam < vepas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“inspiration; shaking.”

maryaṃ < maryam < marya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“young buck; boyfriend.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vājinaṃ < vājinam < vājin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”

hitam < hi

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

saptiṃ < saptim < sapti

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vājayāmasi < vājay < √vaj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“incite.”

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