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 1.182.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ज॒म्भय॑तम॒भितो॒ राय॑त॒: शुनो॑ ह॒तं मृधो॑ वि॒दथु॒स्तान्य॑श्विना । वाचं॑वाचं जरि॒तू र॒त्निनीं॑ कृतमु॒भा शंसं॑ नासत्यावतं॒ मम॑ ॥
जम्भयतमभितो रायतः शुनो हतं मृधो विदथुस्तान्यश्विना । वाचंवाचं जरितू रत्निनीं कृतमुभा शंसं नासत्यावतं मम ॥
jambhayatam abhito rāyataḥ śuno hatam mṛdho vidathus tāny aśvinā | vācaṃ-vācaṃ jaritū ratninīṃ kṛtam ubhā śaṃsaṃ nāsatyāvatam mama ||

English translation:

“Annihilate, Aśvins, the dogs who bark at us; slay them warring (against us); you know their (means of harm); render every word of him who praises you affluent in precious (rewards); accept Nāsatyas, both of you, may praise.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ज॒म्भय॑तम् । अ॒भितः॑ । राय॑तः । शुनः॑ । ह॒तम् । मृधः॑ । वि॒दथुः॑ । तानि॑ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । वाच॑म्ऽवाचम् । ज॒रि॒तुः । र॒त्निनी॑म् । कृ॒त॒म् । उ॒भा । संस॑म् । ना॒स॒त्या॒ । अ॒व॒त॒म् । मम॑ ॥
जम्भयतम् । अभितः । रायतः । शुनः । हतम् । मृधः । विदथुः । तानि । अश्विना । वाचम्वाचम् । जरितुः । रत्निनीम् । कृतम् । उभा । संसम् । नासत्या । अवतम् । मम ॥
jambhayatam | abhitaḥ | rāyataḥ | śunaḥ | hatam | mṛdhaḥ | vidathuḥ | tāni | aśvinā | vācam-vācam | jarituḥ | ratninīm | kṛtam | ubhā | saṃsam | nāsatyā | avatam | mama

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.182.4 English analysis of grammar]

jambhayatam < jambhay < √jabh

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“crunch; strangle.”

abhito < abhitas

[adverb]

“about; around; regarding; about.”

rāyataḥ < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

śuno < śunaḥ < śvan

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“dog; śvan [word].”

hatam < han

[verb], dual, 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.”

mṛdho < mṛdhaḥ < mṛdh

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“enemy; adversary.”

vidathus < vidathuḥ < vid

[verb], dual, Perfect indicative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

tāny < tāni < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

vācaṃ < vācam < vāc

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

vācaṃ < vācam < vāc

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

jaritū < jarituḥ < jaritṛ

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“singer.”

ratninīṃ < ratninīm < ratnin

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

kṛtam < kṛ

[verb], dual, 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.”

ubhā < ubh

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“both(a).”

śaṃsaṃ < śaṃsam < śaṃsa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”

nāsatyāvatam < nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

nāsatyāvatam < āvatam < av

[verb], dual, Imperfect

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

mama < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

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