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 1.36.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
घ॒नेव॒ विष्व॒ग्वि ज॒ह्यरा॑व्ण॒स्तपु॑र्जम्भ॒ यो अ॑स्म॒ध्रुक् । यो मर्त्य॒: शिशी॑ते॒ अत्य॒क्तुभि॒र्मा न॒: स रि॒पुरी॑शत ॥
घनेव विष्वग्वि जह्यराव्णस्तपुर्जम्भ यो अस्मध्रुक् । यो मर्त्यः शिशीते अत्यक्तुभिर्मा नः स रिपुरीशत ॥
ghaneva viṣvag vi jahy arāvṇas tapurjambha yo asmadhruk | yo martyaḥ śiśīte aty aktubhir mā naḥ sa ripur īśata ||
English translation:
“Agni, with the burning rays, destroy entirely our foes, who make no gifts, as (potter's ware) with a club; let not one who is inimical to us, nor the man who attacks us with sharp weapons, prevail against us.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ghana = club;
Assumed: bhāṇḍādi
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
घ॒नाऽइ॑व । विष्व॑क् । वि । ज॒हि॒ । अरा॑व्णः । तपुः॑ऽजम्भ । यः । अ॒स्म॒ऽध्रुक् । यः । मर्त्यः॑ । शिशी॑ते । अति॑ । अ॒क्तुऽभिः॑ । मा । नः॒ । सः । रि॒पुः । ई॒श॒त॒ ॥
घनाइव । विष्वक् । वि । जहि । अराव्णः । तपुःजम्भ । यः । अस्मध्रुक् । यः । मर्त्यः । शिशीते । अति । अक्तुभिः । मा । नः । सः । रिपुः । ईशत ॥
ghanāiva | viṣvak | vi | jahi | arāvṇaḥ | tapuḥ-jambha | yaḥ | asma-dhruk | yaḥ | martyaḥ | śiśīte | ati | aktu-bhiḥ | mā | naḥ | saḥ | ripuḥ | īśata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.36.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“abhra; cloud; hammer; ghana; hammer; rainy season; tin; iron; ghana [word]; ghana; nutgrass; ball; phlegm.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“dispersed; viṣvañc [word].”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“begrudging; hostile; stingy.”
[noun], neuter
“heat.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Jambha; citron; jaw; tooth; molar; back tooth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“night; dark; beam.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“enemy; arivarga; Ripu; foe.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”