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 8.60.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न॒हि ते॑ अग्ने वृषभ प्रति॒धृषे॒ जम्भा॑सो॒ यद्वि॒तिष्ठ॑से । स त्वं नो॑ होत॒: सुहु॑तं ह॒विष्कृ॑धि॒ वंस्वा॑ नो॒ वार्या॑ पु॒रु ॥
नहि ते अग्ने वृषभ प्रतिधृषे जम्भासो यद्वितिष्ठसे । स त्वं नो होतः सुहुतं हविष्कृधि वंस्वा नो वार्या पुरु ॥
nahi te agne vṛṣabha pratidhṛṣe jambhāso yad vitiṣṭhase | sa tvaṃ no hotaḥ suhutaṃ haviṣ kṛdhi vaṃsvā no vāryā puru ||
English translation:
“Since you spread out on all sides, your teeth, bull Agni, are not to be resisted; O offerer, do you makeour oblation rightly presented; give us many precious (gifts).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhargaḥ prāgāthaḥ [bharga prāgātha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न॒हि । ते॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । वृ॒ष॒भ॒ । प्र॒ति॒ऽधृषे॑ । जम्भा॑सः । यत् । वि॒ऽतिष्ठ॑से । सः । त्वम् । नः॒ । हो॒त॒रिति॑ । सुऽहु॑तम् । ह॒विः । कृ॒धि॒ । वंस्व॑ । नः॒ । वार्या॑ । पु॒रु ॥
नहि । ते । अग्ने । वृषभ । प्रतिधृषे । जम्भासः । यत् । वितिष्ठसे । सः । त्वम् । नः । होतरिति । सुहुतम् । हविः । कृधि । वंस्व । नः । वार्या । पुरु ॥
nahi | te | agne | vṛṣabha | prati-dhṛṣe | jambhāsaḥ | yat | vi-tiṣṭhase | saḥ | tvam | naḥ | hotariti | su-hutam | haviḥ | kṛdhi | vaṃsva | naḥ | vāryā | puru
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.60.14 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[verb noun]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Jambha; citron; jaw; tooth; molar; back tooth.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“stand; stay; resist.”
[noun], nominative, 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], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“wealth.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”