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 8.102.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम॑ग्ने बृ॒हद्वयो॒ दधा॑सि देव दा॒शुषे॑ । क॒विर्गृ॒हप॑ति॒र्युवा॑ ॥
त्वमग्ने बृहद्वयो दधासि देव दाशुषे । कविर्गृहपतिर्युवा ॥
tvam agne bṛhad vayo dadhāsi deva dāśuṣe | kavir gṛhapatir yuvā ||

English translation:

“Divine Agni, the ever young, the wise, the protector of the household, it is you who give abundant foodto the worshipper.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prayogo bhārgava agnirvā pāvako bārhaspatyaḥ ; athavāgnī gṛhapatiyaviṣṭhau sahasaḥ sutau tayorvānyataraḥ [prayoga bhārgava agnirvā pāvaka bārhaspatya ; athavāgnī gṛhapatiyaviṣṭhau sahasa sutau tayorvānyatara];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । बृ॒हत् । वयः॑ । दधा॑सि । दे॒व॒ । दा॒शुषे॑ । क॒विः । गृ॒हऽप॑तिः । युवा॑ ॥
त्वम् । अग्ने । बृहत् । वयः । दधासि । देव । दाशुषे । कविः । गृहपतिः । युवा ॥
tvam | agne | bṛhat | vayaḥ | dadhāsi | deva | dāśuṣe | kaviḥ | gṛha-patiḥ | yuvā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.102.1 English analysis of grammar]

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

bṛhad < bṛhat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

vayo < vayaḥ < vayas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”

dadhāsi < dhā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

deva

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

kavir < kaviḥ < kavi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

gṛhapatir < gṛhapatiḥ < gṛhapati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“gṛhapati [word]; Gṛhastha.”

yuvā < yuvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“young; youthful.”

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