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 8.44.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जु॒षा॒णो अ॑ङ्गिरस्तमे॒मा ह॒व्यान्या॑नु॒षक् । अग्ने॑ य॒ज्ञं न॑य ऋतु॒था ॥
जुषाणो अङ्गिरस्तमेमा हव्यान्यानुषक् । अग्ने यज्ञं नय ऋतुथा ॥
juṣāṇo aṅgirastamemā havyāny ānuṣak | agne yajñaṃ naya ṛtuthā ||
English translation:
“Agni, best of the Aṅgirasas, do you, continually accepting these our oblations, conduct the sacrifice atthe due seasons.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जु॒षा॒णः । अ॒ङ्गि॒रः॒ऽत॒म॒ । इ॒मा । ह॒व्यानि॑ । आ॒नु॒षक् । अग्ने॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । न॒य॒ । ऋ॒तु॒ऽथा ॥
जुषाणः । अङ्गिरःतम । इमा । हव्यानि । आनुषक् । अग्ने । यज्ञम् । नय । ऋतुथा ॥
juṣāṇaḥ | aṅgiraḥ-tama | imā | havyāni | ānuṣak | agne | yajñam | naya | ṛtu-thā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[adverb]
“correctly; in sequence; punctually.”
[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, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[adverb]
“seasonably.”