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 8.44.25
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ धृ॒तव्र॑ताय ते समु॒द्राये॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः । गिरो॑ वा॒श्रास॑ ईरते ॥
अग्ने धृतव्रताय ते समुद्रायेव सिन्धवः । गिरो वाश्रास ईरते ॥
agne dhṛtavratāya te samudrāyeva sindhavaḥ | giro vāśrāsa īrate ||
English translation:
“Agni, my loud praises proceed to you, observant of pious rites, as rivers to the sea.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । धृ॒तऽव्र॑ताय । ते॒ । स॒मु॒द्राय॑ऽइव । सिन्ध॑वः । गिरः॑ । वा॒श्रासः॑ । ई॒र॒ते॒ ॥
अग्ने । धृतव्रताय । ते । समुद्रायइव । सिन्धवः । गिरः । वाश्रासः । ईरते ॥
agne | dhṛta-vratāya | te | samudrāya-iva | sindhavaḥ | giraḥ | vāśrāsaḥ | īrate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.25 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb noun]
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go.”