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 1.114.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मृ॒ळा नो॑ रुद्रो॒त नो॒ मय॑स्कृधि क्ष॒यद्वी॑राय॒ नम॑सा विधेम ते । यच्छं च॒ योश्च॒ मनु॑राये॒जे पि॒ता तद॑श्याम॒ तव॑ रुद्र॒ प्रणी॑तिषु ॥
मृळा नो रुद्रोत नो मयस्कृधि क्षयद्वीराय नमसा विधेम ते । यच्छं च योश्च मनुरायेजे पिता तदश्याम तव रुद्र प्रणीतिषु ॥
mṛḻā no rudrota no mayas kṛdhi kṣayadvīrāya namasā vidhema te | yac chaṃ ca yoś ca manur āyeje pitā tad aśyāma tava rudra praṇītiṣu ||
English translation:
“Be gracious to us, Rudra; grant us happiness, for we worship the destroyer of heroes with oblations; and, by your directions, Rudra, may we obtain that freedom from disease and exemption from dangers which our progenitor, Manu, bestowed upon us, (having obtained them form the gods).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rudraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मृ॒ळ । नः॒ । रु॒द्र॒ । उ॒त । नः॒ । मयः॑ । कृ॒धि॒ । क्ष॒यत्ऽवी॑राय । नम॑सा । वि॒धे॒म॒ । ते॒ । यत् । शम् । च॒ । योः । च॒ । मनुः॑ । आ॒ऽये॒जे । पि॒ता । तत् । अ॒श्या॒म॒ । तव॑ । रु॒द्र॒ । प्रऽनी॑तिषु ॥
मृळ । नः । रुद्र । उत । नः । मयः । कृधि । क्षयत्वीराय । नमसा । विधेम । ते । यत् । शम् । च । योः । च । मनुः । आयेजे । पिता । तत् । अश्याम । तव । रुद्र । प्रनीतिषु ॥
mṛḷa | naḥ | rudra | uta | naḥ | mayaḥ | kṛdhi | kṣayat-vīrāya | namasā | vidhema | te | yat | śam | ca | yoḥ | ca | manuḥ | āyeje | pitā | tat | aśyāma | tava | rudra | pra-nītiṣu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.114.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“pardon.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“pleasure; refreshment.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Shiva.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“worship; offer.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“śam [word].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fortune.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Aorist optative
“get; reach; enter (a state).”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“guidance; guidance.”