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 7.15.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॒ रक्षा॑ णो॒ अंह॑स॒: प्रति॑ ष्म देव॒ रीष॑तः । तपि॑ष्ठैर॒जरो॑ दह ॥
अग्ने रक्षा णो अंहसः प्रति ष्म देव रीषतः । तपिष्ठैरजरो दह ॥
agne rakṣā ṇo aṃhasaḥ prati ṣma deva rīṣataḥ | tapiṣṭhair ajaro daha ||
English translation:
“Preserve us, Agni, from sin; divine (Agni), who are exempt from decay, consume (our) foes with (your)hottest flames.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । रक्ष॑ । नः॒ । अंह॑सः । प्रति॑ । स्म॒ । दे॒व॒ । रिष॑तः । तपि॑ष्ठैः । अ॒जरः॑ । द॒ह॒ ॥
अग्ने । रक्ष । नः । अंहसः । प्रति । स्म । देव । रिषतः । तपिष्ठैः । अजरः । दह ॥
agne | rakṣa | naḥ | aṃhasaḥ | prati | sma | deva | riṣataḥ | tapiṣṭhaiḥ | ajaraḥ | daha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.15.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“trouble; sin.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[adverb]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“suffer; harm.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“burning; ablaze(p).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“undecaying; ageless.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“burn; cauterize; heat; burn; burn; burn; roast; blaze; burn; distress; destroy.”