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 8.75.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒क्ष्वा हि दे॑व॒हूत॑माँ॒ अश्वाँ॑ अग्ने र॒थीरि॑व । नि होता॑ पू॒र्व्यः स॑दः ॥
युक्ष्वा हि देवहूतमाँ अश्वाँ अग्ने रथीरिव । नि होता पूर्व्यः सदः ॥
yukṣvā hi devahūtamām̐ aśvām̐ agne rathīr iva | ni hotā pūrvyaḥ sadaḥ ||
English translation:
“Agni, like a charioteer yoke your god-invoking steeds; eat thyself first, the invoker.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virupaḥ [virupa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒क्ष्व । हि । दे॒व॒ऽहूत॑मान् । अश्वा॑न् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । र॒थीःऽइ॑व । नि । होता॑ । पू॒र्व्यः॑ । स॒दः॒ ॥
युक्ष्व । हि । देवहूतमान् । अश्वान् । अग्ने । रथीःइव । नि । होता । पूर्व्यः । सदः ॥
yukṣva | hi | deva-hūtamān | aśvān | agne | rathīḥ-iva | ni | hotā | pūrvyaḥ | sadaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.75.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”