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 2.33.13

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Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या वो॑ भेष॒जा म॑रुत॒: शुची॑नि॒ या शंत॑मा वृषणो॒ या म॑यो॒भु । यानि॒ मनु॒रवृ॑णीता पि॒ता न॒स्ता शं च॒ योश्च॑ रु॒द्रस्य॑ वश्मि ॥
या वो भेषजा मरुतः शुचीनि या शंतमा वृषणो या मयोभु । यानि मनुरवृणीता पिता नस्ता शं च योश्च रुद्रस्य वश्मि ॥
yā vo bheṣajā marutaḥ śucīni yā śaṃtamā vṛṣaṇo yā mayobhu | yāni manur avṛṇītā pitā nas tā śaṃ ca yoś ca rudrasya vaśmi ||

English translation:

“Maruts, I solicit of you those medicaments which are pure; those, showerers (of benefits), which give great plural asure; those which fonfer felicity; those which (our) sire, Manu, selected; and those (medicaments) of Rudra which are the alleviation (of disease), and defence (against danger).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Those which our sire Manu selected: yāni manur avṛṇītā pitā naḥ: Mahābhārata legend: reference to the vegetable seeds which Manu was directed to take with him into the vessel in which he was preserved at the time of the deluge

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rudraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या । वः॒ । भे॒ष॒जा । म॒रु॒तः॒ । शुची॑नि । या । शम्ऽत॑मा । वृ॒ष॒णः॒ । या । म॒यः॒ऽभु । यानि॑ । मनुः॑ । अवृ॑णीत । पि॒ता । नः॒ । ता । शम् । च॒ । योः । च॒ । रु॒द्रस्य॑ । व॒श्मि॒ ॥
या । वः । भेषजा । मरुतः । शुचीनि । या । शम्तमा । वृषणः । या । मयःभु । यानि । मनुः । अवृणीत । पिता । नः । ता । शम् । च । योः । च । रुद्रस्य । वश्मि ॥
yā | vaḥ | bheṣajā | marutaḥ | śucīni | yā | śam-tamā | vṛṣaṇaḥ | yā | mayaḥ-bhu | yāni | manuḥ | avṛṇīta | pitā | naḥ | tā | śam | ca | yoḥ | ca | rudrasya | vaśmi