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 8.44.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ त्वा जु॒ह्वो॒३॒॑ मम॑ घृ॒ताची॑र्यन्तु हर्यत । अग्ने॑ ह॒व्या जु॑षस्व नः ॥
उप त्वा जुह्वो मम घृताचीर्यन्तु हर्यत । अग्ने हव्या जुषस्व नः ॥
upa tvā juhvo mama ghṛtācīr yantu haryata | agne havyā juṣasva naḥ ||
English translation:
“Let my ladles, filled with butter, come near you, O propitious one; Agni, receive our oblations.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Opropitious one: haryata = kāmayamāna; amiable, beloved, spṛhaṇīya
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ । त्वा॒ । जु॒ह्वः॑ । मम॑ । घृ॒ताचीः॑ । य॒न्तु॒ । ह॒र्य॒त॒ । अग्ने॑ । ह॒व्या । जु॒ष॒स्व॒ । नः॒ ॥
उप । त्वा । जुह्वः । मम । घृताचीः । यन्तु । हर्यत । अग्ने । हव्या । जुषस्व । नः ॥
upa | tvā | juhvaḥ | mama | ghṛtācīḥ | yantu | haryata | agne | havyā | juṣasva | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“tongue; fire; ladle.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“desirable; delightful.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”