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 8.75.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम॒ग्निः स॑ह॒स्रिणो॒ वाज॑स्य श॒तिन॒स्पति॑: । मू॒र्धा क॒वी र॑यी॒णाम् ॥
अयमग्निः सहस्रिणो वाजस्य शतिनस्पतिः । मूर्धा कवी रयीणाम् ॥
ayam agniḥ sahasriṇo vājasya śatinas patiḥ | mūrdhā kavī rayīṇām ||
English translation:
“This Agni is the lord of hundredfold and thousandfold food; he is the head, the seer, (the lord) of wealth.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
You who are the head (or best) of wealth
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virupaḥ [virupa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । अ॒ग्निः । स॒ह॒स्रिणः॑ । वाज॑स्य । श॒तिनः॑ । पतिः॑ । मू॒र्धा । क॒विः । र॒यी॒णाम् ॥
अयम् । अग्निः । सहस्रिणः । वाजस्य । शतिनः । पतिः । मूर्धा । कविः । रयीणाम् ॥
ayam | agniḥ | sahasriṇaḥ | vājasya | śatinaḥ | patiḥ | mūrdhā | kaviḥ | rayīṇām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.75.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“thousandfold.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“hundredfold.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“wealth; property.”