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 8.44.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒मिधा॒ग्निं दु॑वस्यत घृ॒तैर्बो॑धय॒ताति॑थिम् । आस्मि॑न्ह॒व्या जु॑होतन ॥
समिधाग्निं दुवस्यत घृतैर्बोधयतातिथिम् । आस्मिन्हव्या जुहोतन ॥
samidhāgniṃ duvasyata ghṛtair bodhayatātithim | āsmin havyā juhotana ||
English translation:
“Honour Agni with fuel, awaken him, the guest, with (libations of) butter; offer the oblations in him.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒म्ऽइधा॑ । अ॒ग्निम् । दु॒व॒स्य॒त॒ । घृ॒तैः । बो॒ध॒य॒त॒ । अति॑थिम् । आ । अ॒स्मि॒न् । ह॒व्या । जु॒हो॒त॒न॒ ॥
सम्इधा । अग्निम् । दुवस्यत । घृतैः । बोधयत । अतिथिम् । आ । अस्मिन् । हव्या । जुहोतन ॥
sam-idhā | agnim | duvasyata | ghṛtaiḥ | bodhayata | atithim | ā | asmin | havyā | juhotana
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“worship.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“awaken; ignite; advise; admonish; communicate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“guest; atithi [word]; Atithi.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”