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 8.73.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वरे॑थे अ॒ग्निमा॒तपो॒ वद॑ते व॒ल्ग्वत्र॑ये । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
वरेथे अग्निमातपो वदते वल्ग्वत्रये । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
varethe agnim ātapo vadate valgv atraye | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||
English translation:
“You stayed the fire from its fierceness for Atri, while he praied you acceptably; let your protection abidenear me.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वरे॑थे । अ॒ग्निम् । आ॒ऽतपः॑ । वद॑ते । व॒ल्गु । अत्र॑ये । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
वरेथे । अग्निम् । आतपः । वदते । वल्गु । अत्रये । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
varethe | agnim | ātapaḥ | vadate | valgu | atraye | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.73.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb noun]
“heat.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“lovely; beautiful; agreeable; fine-looking.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Atri; Atri; atri [word].”
[adverb]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[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], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”