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 2.28.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अपो॒ सु म्य॑क्ष वरुण भि॒यसं॒ मत्सम्रा॒ळृता॒वोऽनु॑ मा गृभाय । दामे॑व व॒त्साद्वि मु॑मु॒ग्ध्यंहो॑ न॒हि त्वदा॒रे नि॒मिष॑श्च॒नेशे॑ ॥
अपो सु म्यक्ष वरुण भियसं मत्सम्राळृतावोऽनु मा गृभाय । दामेव वत्साद्वि मुमुग्ध्यंहो नहि त्वदारे निमिषश्चनेशे ॥
apo su myakṣa varuṇa bhiyasam mat samrāḻ ṛtāvo 'nu mā gṛbhāya | dāmeva vatsād vi mumugdhy aṃho nahi tvad āre nimiṣaś caneśe ||

English translation:

“Keep off all danger from me, Varuṇa; supreme monarch, endowed with truth, bestow your favour upon me; cast off (from me) sin, like a tether from a calf; no one rules for the twinkling of an eye, apart from you.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kūrmo gārtsamado gṛtsamado vā [kūrma gārtsamada gṛtsamada vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अपो॒ इति॑ । सु । म्य॒क्ष॒ । व॒रु॒ण॒ । भि॒यस॑म् । मत् । सम्ऽरा॑ट् । ऋत॒ऽवः । अनु॑ । मा॒ । गृ॒भा॒य॒ । दाम॑ऽइव । व॒त्सात् । वि । मु॒मु॒ग्धि॒ । अंहः॑ । न॒हि । त्वत् । आ॒र्ते । नि॒ऽमिषः॑ । च॒न । ईशे॑ ॥
अपो इति । सु । म्यक्ष । वरुण । भियसम् । मत् । सम्राट् । ऋतवः । अनु । मा । गृभाय । दामइव । वत्सात् । वि । मुमुग्धि । अंहः । नहि । त्वत् । आर्ते । निमिषः । चन । ईशे ॥
apo iti | su | myakṣa | varuṇa | bhiyasam | mat | sam-rāṭ | ṛta-vaḥ | anu | mā | gṛbhāya | dāma-iva | vatsāt | vi | mumugdhi | aṃhaḥ | nahi | tvat | ārte | ni-miṣaḥ | cana | īśe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.28.6 English analysis of grammar]

apo < apa

[adverb]

“away.”

apo < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

myakṣa < myakṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be situated; attach.”

varuṇa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

bhiyasam < bhiyas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fear.”

mat < mad

[noun], ablative, singular

“I; mine.”

samrāḍ < samrāj

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“sovereign; ruler.”

ṛtāvo < ṛtāvaḥ < ṛtāvan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”

'nu < anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

< mad

[noun], accusative, singular

“I; mine.”

gṛbhāya < gṛbhāy < √grah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“accept.”

dāmeva < dāma < dāman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“wreath; dāman; dāman [word]; shackle; girdle; fetter.”

dāmeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

vatsād < vatsāt < vatsa

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“calf; child; Vatsa; vatsa [word]; juvenile; Vatsa; Vatsa; Vatsa; son; male child.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

mumugdhy < mumugdhi < muc

[verb], singular, Perfect imperative

“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”

aṃho < aṃhaḥ < aṃhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“trouble; sin.”

nahi

[adverb]

tvad < tvat < tvad

[noun], ablative, singular

“you.”

āre

[adverb]

“far.”

nimiṣaś < nimiṣaḥ < nimiṣ

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“blink of an eye.”

caneśe < cana

[adverb]

“not even; cana [word].”

caneśe < īśe < īś

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

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