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 6.21.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि त्वा॒ पाजो॑ र॒क्षसो॒ वि त॑स्थे॒ महि॑ जज्ञा॒नम॒भि तत्सु ति॑ष्ठ । तव॑ प्र॒त्नेन॒ युज्ये॑न॒ सख्या॒ वज्रे॑ण धृष्णो॒ अप॒ ता नु॑दस्व ॥
अभि त्वा पाजो रक्षसो वि तस्थे महि जज्ञानमभि तत्सु तिष्ठ । तव प्रत्नेन युज्येन सख्या वज्रेण धृष्णो अप ता नुदस्व ॥
abhi tvā pājo rakṣaso vi tasthe mahi jajñānam abhi tat su tiṣṭha | tava pratnena yujyena sakhyā vajreṇa dhṛṣṇo apa tā nudasva ||

English translation:

“The strength of the rākṣasas is concentrated against you; bear up well against that mighty manifested (effort); scatter them, valiant (Indra), with your old associate, your friend, the thunderbolt.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । त्वा॒ । पाजः॑ । र॒क्षसः॑ । वि । त॒स्थे॒ । महि॑ । ज॒ज्ञा॒नम् । अ॒भि । तत् । सु । ति॒ष्ठ॒ । तव॑ । प्र॒त्नेन॑ । युज्ये॑न । सख्या॑ । वज्रे॑ण । धृ॒ष्णो॒ इति॑ । अप॑ । ता । नु॒द॒स्व॒ ॥
अभि । त्वा । पाजः । रक्षसः । वि । तस्थे । महि । जज्ञानम् । अभि । तत् । सु । तिष्ठ । तव । प्रत्नेन । युज्येन । सख्या । वज्रेण । धृष्णो इति । अप । ता । नुदस्व ॥
abhi | tvā | pājaḥ | rakṣasaḥ | vi | tasthe | mahi | jajñānam | abhi | tat | su | tiṣṭha | tava | pratnena | yujyena | sakhyā | vajreṇa | dhṛṣṇo iti | apa | tā | nudasva

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.21.7 English analysis of grammar]

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

pājo < pājaḥ < pājas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“luminosity; look.”

rakṣaso < rakṣasaḥ < rakṣas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

tasthe < sthā

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

mahi

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“great; firm.”

jajñānam < jan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

su

[adverb]

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

tiṣṭha < sthā

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

pratnena < pratna

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“age-old; pratna [word].”

yujyena < yujya

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“adequate to(p); appropriate; united; allied.”

sakhyā < sakhi

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

vajreṇa < vajra

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

dhṛṣṇo < dhṛṣṇu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“brave; ferocious; strong.”

apa

[adverb]

“away.”

< tad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

nudasva < nud

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“push; propel; expel; push; move.”

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