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 8.102.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निं वो॑ वृ॒धन्त॑मध्व॒राणां॑ पुरू॒तम॑म् । अच्छा॒ नप्त्रे॒ सह॑स्वते ॥
अग्निं वो वृधन्तमध्वराणां पुरूतमम् । अच्छा नप्त्रे सहस्वते ॥
agniṃ vo vṛdhantam adhvarāṇām purūtamam | acchā naptre sahasvate ||

English translation:

“(Draw) near to Agni the strong, the mightiest, him who expands (with his flames), the grandson of theinvincible ones.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Invincible ones: adhvarāṇām = ahiṃsyānām balinām

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): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निम् । वः॒ । वृ॒धन्त॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒राणा॑म् । पु॒रु॒ऽतम॑म् । अच्छ॑ । नप्त्रे॑ । सह॑स्वते ॥
अग्निम् । वः । वृधन्तम् । अध्वराणाम् । पुरुतमम् । अच्छ । नप्त्रे । सहस्वते ॥
agnim | vaḥ | vṛdhantam | adhvarāṇām | puru-tamam | accha | naptre | sahasvate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.102.7 English analysis of grammar]

agniṃ < agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

vṛdhantam < vṛdh

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

adhvarāṇām < adhvara

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

purūtamam < purutama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“most(a).”

acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

naptre < naptṛ

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“grandson; nephew; naptṛ [word].”

sahasvate < sahasvat

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“mighty; powerful.”

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