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 1.129.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पा॒हि न॑ इन्द्र सुष्टुत स्रि॒धो॑ऽवया॒ता सद॒मिद्दु॑र्मती॒नां दे॒वः सन्दु॑र्मती॒नाम् । ह॒न्ता पा॒पस्य॑ र॒क्षस॑स्त्रा॒ता विप्र॑स्य॒ माव॑तः । अधा॒ हि त्वा॑ जनि॒ता जीज॑नद्वसो रक्षो॒हणं॑ त्वा॒ जीज॑नद्वसो ॥
पाहि न इन्द्र सुष्टुत स्रिधोऽवयाता सदमिद्दुर्मतीनां देवः सन्दुर्मतीनाम् । हन्ता पापस्य रक्षसस्त्राता विप्रस्य मावतः । अधा हि त्वा जनिता जीजनद्वसो रक्षोहणं त्वा जीजनद्वसो ॥
pāhi na indra suṣṭuta sridho 'vayātā sadam id durmatīnāṃ devaḥ san durmatīnām | hantā pāpasya rakṣasas trātā viprasya māvataḥ | adhā hi tvā janitā jījanad vaso rakṣohaṇaṃ tvā jījanad vaso ||
English translation:
“Deservedly-lauded Indra, preserve us from suffering; for you are always verily the chastiser of the malevolent; your, being divine, (are the chastiser) of the malevolent; (you are) the slayer of the wicked rakṣas, the preserver of a pious (worshipper), such as I am; for asylum (of all men), the progenitor has begotten (for this purpose); has begotten you, asylum (of all men), the destroyer of the rākṣasas.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigaṣṭiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पा॒हि । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सु॒ऽस्तु॒त॒ । स्रि॒धः । अ॒व॒ऽया॒ता । सद॒म् । इत् । दुः॒ऽम॒ती॒नाम् । दे॒वः । सन् । दुः॒ऽम॒ती॒नाम् । ह॒न्ता । पा॒पस्य॑ । र॒क्षसः॑ । त्रा॒ता । विप्र॑स्य । माव॑तः । अध॑ । हि । त्वा॒ । ज॒नि॒ता । जीज॑नत् । व॒सो॒ इति॑ । र॒क्षः॒ऽहन॑म् । त्वा॒ । जीज॑नत् । व॒सो॒ इति॑ ॥
पाहि । नः । इन्द्र । सुस्तुत । स्रिधः । अवयाता । सदम् । इत् । दुःमतीनाम् । देवः । सन् । दुःमतीनाम् । हन्ता । पापस्य । रक्षसः । त्राता । विप्रस्य । मावतः । अध । हि । त्वा । जनिता । जीजनत् । वसो इति । रक्षःहनम् । त्वा । जीजनत् । वसो इति ॥
pāhi | naḥ | indra | su-stuta | sridhaḥ | ava-yātā | sadam | it | duḥ-matīnām | devaḥ | san | duḥ-matīnām | hantā | pāpasya | rakṣasaḥ | trātā | viprasya | māvataḥ | adha | hi | tvā | janitā | jījanat | vaso iti | rakṣaḥ-hanam | tvā | jījanat | vaso iti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.129.11 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“failure; damage.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“averting.”
[adverb]
“always.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“stupid.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“stupid.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“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], genitive, singular, neuter
“evil; dangerous; wicked; pāpa [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“protect; help.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; janitṛ [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”
[noun], neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”