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 8.44.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः प्र॒त्नेन॒ मन्म॑ना॒ शुम्भा॑नस्त॒न्वं१॒॑ स्वाम् । क॒विर्विप्रे॑ण वावृधे ॥
अग्निः प्रत्नेन मन्मना शुम्भानस्तन्वं स्वाम् । कविर्विप्रेण वावृधे ॥
agniḥ pratnena manmanā śumbhānas tanvaṃ svām | kavir vipreṇa vāvṛdhe ||
English translation:
“The wise Agni, beautifying his body with the ancient hymn, has grown in might through the intelligenthymner.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒ग्निः । प्र॒त्नेन॑ । मन्म॑ना । शुम्भा॑नः । त॒न्व॑म् । स्वाम् । क॒विः । विप्रे॑ण । व॒वृ॒धे॒ ॥
अग्निः । प्रत्नेन । मन्मना । शुम्भानः । तन्वम् । स्वाम् । कविः । विप्रेण । ववृधे ॥
agniḥ | pratnena | manmanā | śumbhānaḥ | tanvam | svām | kaviḥ | vipreṇa | vavṛdhe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“age-old; pratna [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“hymn; idea; purpose.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“look; shine; beautify.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”