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 8.44.28
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम॑ग्ने॒ त्वे अपि॑ जरि॒ता भू॑तु सन्त्य । तस्म॑स पावक मृळय ॥
अयमग्ने त्वे अपि जरिता भूतु सन्त्य । तस्मै पावक मृळय ॥
ayam agne tve api jaritā bhūtu santya | tasmai pāvaka mṛḻaya ||
English translation:
“May this (my family) also be your worshippers, adorable Agni; O purifier, give them happinesṣ”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Adorable: santya = bhajanīya; or, phalaprada
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । त्वे इति॑ । अपि॑ । ज॒रि॒ता । भू॒तु॒ । स॒न्त्य॒ । तस्मै॑ । पा॒व॒क॒ । मृ॒ळ॒य॒ ॥
अयम् । अग्ने । त्वे इति । अपि । जरिता । भूतु । सन्त्य । तस्मै । पावक । मृळय ॥
ayam | agne | tve iti | api | jaritā | bhūtu | santya | tasmai | pāvaka | mṛḷaya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.28 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“singer.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“honest.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; vahni.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“pardon.”