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 1.131.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं तमि॑न्द्र वावृधा॒नो अ॑स्म॒युर॑मित्र॒यन्तं॑ तुविजात॒ मर्त्यं॒ वज्रे॑ण शूर॒ मर्त्य॑म् । ज॒हि यो नो॑ अघा॒यति॑ शृणु॒ष्व सु॒श्रव॑स्तमः । रि॒ष्टं न याम॒न्नप॑ भूतु दुर्म॒तिर्विश्वाप॑ भूतु दुर्म॒तिः ॥
त्वं तमिन्द्र वावृधानो अस्मयुरमित्रयन्तं तुविजात मर्त्यं वज्रेण शूर मर्त्यम् । जहि यो नो अघायति शृणुष्व सुश्रवस्तमः । रिष्टं न यामन्नप भूतु दुर्मतिर्विश्वाप भूतु दुर्मतिः ॥
tvaṃ tam indra vāvṛdhāno asmayur amitrayantaṃ tuvijāta martyaṃ vajreṇa śūra martyam | jahi yo no aghāyati śṛṇuṣva suśravastamaḥ | riṣṭaṃ na yāmann apa bhūtu durmatir viśvāpa bhūtu durmatiḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, endowed with many (excellences), do you, who are exalted (by our praises), and are well disposed towards us, (slay) the man who is unfriendly to us; (slay) swuch a man, hero, with your thunderbolt; kill him who sins against us; ever most prompt to hear, hear (us); let every ill-intent (towards us, such as alarms) a wearied (traveller) on the road, be counteracted; let every ill-intent be counteracted.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Ṛṣṭam na yāman = like one wearied on the road; towards whom evil designs may be entertained by robbers, durmatiścaurādiviṣayā

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigaṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । तम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । व॒वृ॒धा॒नः । अ॒स्म॒ऽयुः । अ॒मि॒त्र॒ऽयन्त॑म् । तु॒वि॒ऽजा॒त॒ । मर्त्य॑म् । वज्रे॑ण । शू॒र॒ । मर्त्य॑म् । ज॒हि । यः । नः॒ । अ॒घ॒ऽयति॑ । शृ॒णु॒ष्व । सु॒श्रवः॑ऽतमः । रि॒ष्टम् । न । याम॑न् । अप॑ । भू॒तु॒ । दुः॒ऽम॒तिः । विश्वा॑ । अप॑ । भू॒तु॒ । दुः॒ऽम॒तिः ॥
त्वम् । तम् । इन्द्र । ववृधानः । अस्मयुः । अमित्रयन्तम् । तुविजात । मर्त्यम् । वज्रेण । शूर । मर्त्यम् । जहि । यः । नः । अघयति । शृणुष्व । सुश्रवःतमः । रिष्टम् । न । यामन् । अप । भूतु । दुःमतिः । विश्वा । अप । भूतु । दुःमतिः ॥
tvam | tam | indra | vavṛdhānaḥ | asma-yuḥ | amitra-yantam | tuvi-jāta | martyam | vajreṇa | śūra | martyam | jahi | yaḥ | naḥ | agha-yati | śṛṇuṣva | suśravaḥ-tamaḥ | riṣṭam | na | yāman | apa | bhūtu | duḥ-matiḥ | viśvā | apa | bhūtu | duḥ-matiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.131.7 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

vāvṛdhāno < vāvṛdhānaḥ < vṛdh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

asmayur < asmayuḥ < asmayu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

amitrayantaṃ < amitrayantam < amitray

[verb noun], accusative, singular

tuvijāta < tuvi

[noun]

“mighty; very; diverse; much(a); many.”

tuvijāta < jāta < jan

[verb noun], vocative, singular

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

martyaṃ < martyam < martya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

vajreṇa < vajra

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

śūra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

martyam < martya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

jahi < han

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

aghāyati < aghāy

[verb], singular, Present indikative

śṛṇuṣva < śru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

suśravastamaḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suśravastamaḥ < śravastamaḥ < śravastama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

riṣṭaṃ < riṣṭam < riṣṭa

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“ariṣṭa.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

yāmann < yāman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”

apa

[adverb]

“away.”

bhūtu < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

durmatir < durmatiḥ < durmati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“hate; envy.”

viśvāpa < viśvā < viśva

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvāpa < apa

[adverb]

“away.”

bhūtu < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

durmatiḥ < durmati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“hate; envy.”

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