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 2.23.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तेजि॑ष्ठया तप॒नी र॒क्षस॑स्तप॒ ये त्वा॑ नि॒दे द॑धि॒रे दृ॒ष्टवी॑र्यम् । आ॒विस्तत्कृ॑ष्व॒ यदस॑त्त उ॒क्थ्यं१॒॑ बृह॑स्पते॒ वि प॑रि॒रापो॑ अर्दय ॥
तेजिष्ठया तपनी रक्षसस्तप ये त्वा निदे दधिरे दृष्टवीर्यम् । आविस्तत्कृष्व यदसत्त उक्थ्यं बृहस्पते वि परिरापो अर्दय ॥
tejiṣṭhayā tapanī rakṣasas tapa ye tvā nide dadhire dṛṣṭavīryam | āvis tat kṛṣva yad asat ta ukthyam bṛhaspate vi parirāpo ardaya ||
English translation:
“Consume with your brightest (weapon) the rākṣasas, who have held your witnessed prowess in disdain; manifest, Bṛhaspati, your glorified (vigour), such as it was (of old), and destroy those who speak against you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तेजि॑ष्ठया । त॒प॒नी । र॒क्षसः॑ । त॒प॒ । ये । त्वा॒ । नि॒दे । द॒धि॒रे । दृ॒ष्टऽवी॑र्यम् । आ॒विः । तत् । कृ॒ष्व॒ । यत् । अस॑त् । ते॒ । उ॒क्थ्य॑म् । बृह॑स्पते । वि । प॒रि॒ऽरपः॑ । अ॒र्द॒य॒ ॥
तेजिष्ठया । तपनी । रक्षसः । तप । ये । त्वा । निदे । दधिरे । दृष्टवीर्यम् । आविः । तत् । कृष्व । यत् । असत् । ते । उक्थ्यम् । बृहस्पते । वि । परिरपः । अर्दय ॥
tejiṣṭhayā | tapanī | rakṣasaḥ | tapa | ye | tvā | nide | dadhire | dṛṣṭa-vīryam | āviḥ | tat | kṛṣva | yat | asat | te | ukthyam | bṛhaspate | vi | pari-rapaḥ | ardaya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.23.14 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“heat; burn; grieve; afflict; burn; afflict; trouble; boil.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“derision; scoffer; contempt.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[verb noun]
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[adverb]
“openly; obviously.”
[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], 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], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“applaudable.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“afflict; afflict; affect; distress; torment; impel; grind; suffer.”