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 8.102.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ धी॒तिभि॑स्तेपा॒नो दे॑व शो॒चिषा॑ । आ दे॒वान्व॑क्षि॒ यक्षि॑ च ॥
अग्ने घृतस्य धीतिभिस्तेपानो देव शोचिषा । आ देवान्वक्षि यक्षि च ॥
agne ghṛtasya dhītibhis tepāno deva śociṣā | ā devān vakṣi yakṣi ca ||
English translation:
“Divine Agni, blazing with radiance, through our oblations of ghī, bear (our sacrifice) to the gods andoffer it.”
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): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । घृ॒तस्य॑ । धी॒तिऽभिः॑ । ते॒पा॒नः । दे॒व॒ । शो॒चिषा॑ । आ । दे॒वान् । व॒क्षि॒ । यक्षि॑ । च॒ ॥
अग्ने । घृतस्य । धीतिभिः । तेपानः । देव । शोचिषा । आ । देवान् । वक्षि । यक्षि । च ॥
agne | ghṛtasya | dhīti-bhiḥ | tepānaḥ | deva | śociṣā | ā | devān | vakṣi | yakṣi | ca
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.102.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“heat; burn; grieve; afflict; burn; afflict; trouble; boil.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”