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 5.70.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पा॒तं नो॑ रुद्रा पा॒युभि॑रु॒त त्रा॑येथां सुत्रा॒त्रा । तु॒र्याम॒ दस्यू॑न्त॒नूभि॑: ॥
पातं नो रुद्रा पायुभिरुत त्रायेथां सुत्रात्रा । तुर्याम दस्यून्तनूभिः ॥
pātaṃ no rudrā pāyubhir uta trāyethāṃ sutrātrā | turyāma dasyūn tanūbhiḥ ||

English translation:

“Protect us with your protections; preserve us with kind preservation; may we, with our descendants, overcome the Dasyus.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): urūcakrirātreyaḥ [urūcakrirātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पा॒तम् । नः॒ । रु॒द्रा॒ । पा॒युऽभिः॑ । उ॒त । त्रा॒ये॒था॒म् । सु॒ऽत्रा॒त्रा । तु॒र्याम॑ । दस्यू॑न् । त॒नूऽभिः॑ ॥
पातम् । नः । रुद्रा । पायुभिः । उत । त्रायेथाम् । सुत्रात्रा । तुर्याम । दस्यून् । तनूभिः ॥
pātam | naḥ | rudrā | pāyu-bhiḥ | uta | trāyethām | su-trātrā | turyāma | dasyūn | tanū-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.70.3 English analysis of grammar]

pātaṃ < pātam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“protect; govern.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

rudrā < rudra

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”

pāyubhir < pāyubhiḥ < pāyu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“guard; pāyu [word]; Pāyu.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

trāyethāṃ < trāyethām < trā

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“protect; help.”

sutrātrā < su

[adverb]

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

sutrātrā < trātrā < trātra

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

turyāma < tur

[verb], plural, Present optative

dasyūn < dasyu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

tanūbhiḥ < tanū

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

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