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 8.44.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निं दू॒तं पु॒रो द॑धे हव्य॒वाह॒मुप॑ ब्रुवे । दे॒वाँ आ सा॑दयादि॒ह ॥
अग्निं दूतं पुरो दधे हव्यवाहमुप ब्रुवे । देवाँ आ सादयादिह ॥
agniṃ dūtam puro dadhe havyavāham upa bruve | devām̐ ā sādayād iha ||
English translation:
“I set Agni in the front as the messenger, I adore him as the bearer of the oblations; may he cause thegods to sit down here.”
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 । दू॒तम् । पु॒रः । द॒धे॒ । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑म् । उप॑ । ब्रु॒वे॒ । दे॒वान् । आ । सा॒द॒या॒त् । इ॒ह ॥
अग्निम् । दूतम् । पुरः । दधे । हव्यवाहम् । उप । ब्रुवे । देवान् । आ । सादयात् । इह ॥
agnim | dūtam | puraḥ | dadhe | havya-vāham | upa | bruve | devān | ā | sādayāt | iha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“messenger; emissary; dūta [word].”
[adverb]
“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; sacrificial fire.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”