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 2.34.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यया॑ र॒ध्रं पा॒रय॒थात्यंहो॒ यया॑ नि॒दो मु॒ञ्चथ॑ वन्दि॒तार॑म् । अ॒र्वाची॒ सा म॑रुतो॒ या व॑ ऊ॒तिरो षु वा॒श्रेव॑ सुम॒तिर्जि॑गातु ॥
यया रध्रं पारयथात्यंहो यया निदो मुञ्चथ वन्दितारम् । अर्वाची सा मरुतो या व ऊतिरो षु वाश्रेव सुमतिर्जिगातु ॥
yayā radhram pārayathāty aṃho yayā nido muñcatha vanditāram | arvācī sā maruto yā va ūtir o ṣu vāśreva sumatir jigātu ||

English translation:

Maruts, may that protection wherewith you convey the worshipper beyond sin, wherewith you rescue the reciter of your praise from the scoffer, be present with us; may your benign disposition tend towards us, like a lowing (cow towards her calf).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यया॑ । र॒ध्रम् । पा॒रय॑थ । अति॑ । अंहः॑ । यया॑ । नि॒दः । मु॒ञ्चथ॑ । व॒न्दि॒तार॑म् । अ॒र्वाची॑ । सा । म॒रु॒तः॒ । या । वः॒ । ऊ॒तिः । ओ इति॑ । सु । वा॒श्राऽइ॑व । सु॒ऽम॒तिः । जि॒गा॒तु॒ ॥
यया । रध्रम् । पारयथ । अति । अंहः । यया । निदः । मुञ्चथ । वन्दितारम् । अर्वाची । सा । मरुतः । या । वः । ऊतिः । ओ इति । सु । वाश्राइव । सुमतिः । जिगातु ॥
yayā | radhram | pārayatha | ati | aṃhaḥ | yayā | nidaḥ | muñcatha | vanditāram | arvācī | sā | marutaḥ | yā | vaḥ | ūtiḥ | o iti | su | vāśrāiva | su-matiḥ | jigātu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.34.15 English analysis of grammar]

yayā < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

radhram < radhra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“obedient; powerless; weak.”

pārayathāty < pārayatha < pāray < √pṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“rescue; keep alive; satisfy; save; resist; endure.”

pārayathāty < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

aṃho < aṃhaḥ < aṃhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“trouble; sin.”

yayā < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

nido < nidaḥ < nid

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“derision; scoffer; contempt.”

muñcatha < muc

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“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.”

vanditāram < vanditṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

arvācī < arvāñc

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“approaching; facing; less.”

< tad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

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

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

va < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

ūtir < ūtiḥ < ūti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

o < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

o < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

ṣu < su

[adverb]

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

vāśreva < vāśrā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“cow.”

vāśreva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

sumatir < sumatiḥ < sumati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”

jigātu <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); arrive.”

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