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 8.44.27
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञानां॑ र॒थ्ये॑ व॒यं ति॒ग्मज॑म्भाय वी॒ळवे॑ । स्तोमै॑रिषेमा॒ग्नये॑ ॥
यज्ञानां रथ्ये वयं तिग्मजम्भाय वीळवे । स्तोमैरिषेमाग्नये ॥
yajñānāṃ rathye vayaṃ tigmajambhāya vīḻave | stomair iṣemāgnaye ||
English translation:
“Let us seek with our hymns Agni, the conductor of the sacrifices, the mighty, the sharp-jawed.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): yavamadhyāgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य॒ज्ञाना॑म् । र॒थ्ये॑ । व॒यम् । ति॒ग्मऽज॑म्भाय । वी॒ळवे॑ । स्तोमैः॑ । इ॒षे॒म॒ । अ॒ग्नये॑ ॥
यज्ञानाम् । रथ्ये । वयम् । तिग्मजम्भाय । वीळवे । स्तोमैः । इषेम । अग्नये ॥
yajñānām | rathye | vayam | tigma-jambhāya | vīḷave | stomaiḥ | iṣema | agnaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.27 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun]
“sharp; pointed; fiery.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Jambha; citron; jaw; tooth; molar; back tooth.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“hard; firm.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“send.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”