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 8.103.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रेष्ठ॑मु प्रि॒याणां॑ स्तु॒ह्या॑सा॒वाति॑थिम् । अ॒ग्निं रथा॑नां॒ यम॑म् ॥
प्रेष्ठमु प्रियाणां स्तुह्यासावातिथिम् । अग्निं रथानां यमम् ॥
preṣṭham u priyāṇāṃ stuhy āsāvātithim | agniṃ rathānāṃ yamam ||
English translation:
“Praise, singer of hymns, the guest, Agni, the dearest of the dear, the driver of chariots.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Āsāva =stotā
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रेष्ठ॑म् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । प्रि॒याणा॑म् । स्तु॒हि । आ॒सा॒व॒ । अति॑थिम् । अ॒ग्निम् । रथा॑नाम् । यम॑म् ॥
प्रेष्ठम् । ऊँ इति । प्रियाणाम् । स्तुहि । आसाव । अतिथिम् । अग्निम् । रथानाम् । यमम् ॥
preṣṭham | oṃ iti | priyāṇām | stuhi | āsāva | atithim | agnim | rathānām | yamam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.103.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“dearest.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“guest; atithi [word]; Atithi.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”