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 1.50.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उद॑गाद॒यमा॑दि॒त्यो विश्वे॑न॒ सह॑सा स॒ह । द्वि॒षन्तं॒ मह्यं॑ र॒न्धय॒न्मो अ॒हं द्वि॑ष॒ते र॑धम् ॥
उदगादयमादित्यो विश्वेन सहसा सह । द्विषन्तं मह्यं रन्धयन्मो अहं द्विषते रधम् ॥
ud agād ayam ādityo viśvena sahasā saha | dviṣantam mahyaṃ randhayan mo ahaṃ dviṣate radham ||

English translation:

“This Āditya has risen with all (his) might, destroying my adversary, for I am unable to resist my enemy (sickness).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । अ॒गा॒त् । अ॒यम् । आ॒दि॒त्यः । विश्वे॑न । सह॑सा । स॒ह । द्वि॒षन्त॑म् । मह्य॑म् । र॒न्धय॑न् । मो इति॑ । अ॒हम् । द्वि॒ष॒ते । र॒ध॒म् ॥
उत् । अगात् । अयम् । आदित्यः । विश्वेन । सहसा । सह । द्विषन्तम् । मह्यम् । रन्धयन् । मो इति । अहम् । द्विषते । रधम् ॥
ut | agāt | ayam | ādityaḥ | viśvena | sahasā | saha | dviṣantam | mahyam | randhayan | mo iti | aham | dviṣate | radham

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.50.13 English analysis of grammar]

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

agād < agāt <

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“go; enter (a state); arrive.”

ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

ādityo < ādityaḥ < āditya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

viśvena < viśva

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

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

sahasā < sahas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

saha

[adverb]

“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”

dviṣantam < dviṣ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“hate; dislike.”

mahyaṃ < mahyam < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

randhayan < randhay < √radh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“subjugate; hand over.”

mo <

[adverb]

“not.”

mo < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

ahaṃ < aham < mad

[noun], nominative, singular

“I; mine.”

dviṣate < dviṣ

[verb noun], dative, singular

“hate; dislike.”

radham < radh

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“subjugate.”

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