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 8.44.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत्ते॑ बृ॒हन्तो॑ अ॒र्चय॑: समिधा॒नस्य॑ दीदिवः । अग्ने॑ शु॒क्रास॑ ईरते ॥
उत्ते बृहन्तो अर्चयः समिधानस्य दीदिवः । अग्ने शुक्रास ईरते ॥
ut te bṛhanto arcayaḥ samidhānasya dīdivaḥ | agne śukrāsa īrate ||

English translation:

“Brilliant Agni, as you are kindled, your great flames start blazing up.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । ते॒ । बृ॒हन्तः॑ । अ॒र्चयः॑ । स॒म्ऽइ॒धा॒नस्य॑ । दी॒दि॒ऽवः॒ । अग्ने॑ । शु॒क्रासः॑ । ई॒र॒ते॒ ॥
उत् । ते । बृहन्तः । अर्चयः । सम्इधानस्य । दीदिवः । अग्ने । शुक्रासः । ईरते ॥
ut | te | bṛhantaḥ | arcayaḥ | sam-idhānasya | dīdi-vaḥ | agne | śukrāsaḥ | īrate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.44.4 English analysis of grammar]

ut < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

bṛhanto < bṛhantaḥ < bṛhat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

arcayaḥ < arci

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“flare.”

samidhānasya < samindh < √indh

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“kindle; blaze.”

dīdivaḥ < dīdivas < dīdī

[verb noun], vocative, singular

“shine; glitter.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

śukrāsa < śukrāsaḥ < śukra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”

īrate < īr

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go.”

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