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 8.71.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॒ माकि॑ष्टे दे॒वस्य॑ रा॒तिमदे॑वो युयोत । त्वमी॑शिषे॒ वसू॑नाम् ॥
अग्ने माकिष्टे देवस्य रातिमदेवो युयोत । त्वमीशिषे वसूनाम् ॥
agne mākiṣ ṭe devasya rātim adevo yuyota | tvam īśiṣe vasūnām ||
English translation:
“Agni, let not the godless take away the wealth which you, the divine, have given, for you are the lord oftreasures.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sudītipurumīḷahau tayorvānyataraḥ [sudītipurumīḷahau tayorvānyatara];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । माकिः॑ । ते॒ । दे॒वस्य॑ । रा॒तिम् । अदे॑वः । यु॒यो॒त॒ । त्वम् । ई॒शि॒षे॒ । वसू॑नाम् ॥
अग्ने । माकिः । ते । देवस्य । रातिम् । अदेवः । युयोत । त्वम् । ईशिषे । वसूनाम् ॥
agne | mākiḥ | te | devasya | rātim | adevaḥ | yuyota | tvam | īśiṣe | vasūnām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.71.8 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.”
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“gift; bounty; favor.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“godless.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“keep away; separate; ward off.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”