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 8.44.29

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

धीरो॒ ह्यस्य॑द्म॒सद्विप्रो॒ न जागृ॑वि॒: सदा॑ । अग्ने॑ दी॒दय॑सि॒ द्यवि॑ ॥
धीरो ह्यस्यद्मसद्विप्रो न जागृविः सदा । अग्ने दीदयसि द्यवि ॥
dhīro hy asy admasad vipro na jāgṛviḥ sadā | agne dīdayasi dyavi ||

English translation:

“You verily are wise, seated at the oblation, wakeful as the seer (for the welfare of living beings); Agni,you ever shine in the sky.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): kakummatīgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

धीरः॑ । हि । असि॑ । अ॒द्म॒ऽसत् । विप्रः॑ । न । जागृ॑विः । सदा॑ । अग्ने॑ । दी॒दय॑सि । द्यवि॑ ॥
धीरः । हि । असि । अद्मसत् । विप्रः । न । जागृविः । सदा । अग्ने । दीदयसि । द्यवि ॥
dhīraḥ | hi | asi | adma-sat | vipraḥ | na | jāgṛviḥ | sadā | agne | dīdayasi | dyavi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.44.29 English analysis of grammar]

dhīro < dhīraḥ < dhīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“expert; wise; intelligent; versed; adept.”

hy < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

asy < asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

admasad < adma < adman

[noun], neuter

admasad < sad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“seated.”

vipro < vipraḥ < vipra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

jāgṛviḥ < jāgṛvi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“attentive; argus-eyed; light.”

sadā

[adverb]

“always; continually; always; perpetually.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

dīdayasi < dīdī

[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)

“shine; glitter.”

dyavi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

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