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 8.102.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
विश्वे॑षामि॒ह स्तु॑हि॒ होतॄ॑णां य॒शस्त॑मम् । अ॒ग्निं य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यम् ॥
विश्वेषामिह स्तुहि होतॄणां यशस्तमम् । अग्निं यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम् ॥
viśveṣām iha stuhi hotṝṇāṃ yaśastamam | agniṃ yajñeṣu pūrvyam ||
English translation:
“Praise at our rite Agni, the most glorious of all ministrant priests, the foremost in the sacrifice.”
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): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
विश्वे॑षाम् । इ॒ह । स्तु॒हि॒ । होतॄ॑णाम् । य॒शःऽत॑मम् । अ॒ग्निम् । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । पू॒र्व्यम् ॥
विश्वेषाम् । इह । स्तुहि । होतॄणाम् । यशःतमम् । अग्निम् । यज्ञेषु । पूर्व्यम् ॥
viśveṣām | iha | stuhi | hotṛṝṇām | yaśaḥ-tamam | agnim | yajñeṣu | pūrvyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.102.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”