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 6.16.31
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो नो॑ अग्ने दु॒रेव॒ आ मर्तो॑ व॒धाय॒ दाश॑ति । तस्मा॑न्नः पा॒ह्यंह॑सः ॥
यो नो अग्ने दुरेव आ मर्तो वधाय दाशति । तस्मान्नः पाह्यंहसः ॥
yo no agne dureva ā marto vadhāya dāśati | tasmān naḥ pāhy aṃhasaḥ ||
English translation:
“The malevolent mortal who threatens us with murderous weapon; defend us from him, and also from sin.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । दुः॒ऽएवः॑ । आ । मर्तः॑ । व॒धाय॑ । दाश॑ति । तस्मा॑त् । नः॒ । पा॒हि॒ । अंह॑सः ॥
यः । नः । अग्ने । दुःएवः । आ । मर्तः । वधाय । दाशति । तस्मात् । नः । पाहि । अंहसः ॥
yaḥ | naḥ | agne | duḥ-evaḥ | ā | martaḥ | vadhāya | dāśati | tasmāt | naḥ | pāhi | aṃhasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.31 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“malevolent; bad; crabbed.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sacrifice; give.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“trouble; sin.”