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 7.15.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं न॑: पा॒ह्यंह॑सो॒ दोषा॑वस्तरघाय॒तः । दिवा॒ नक्त॑मदाभ्य ॥
त्वं नः पाह्यंहसो दोषावस्तरघायतः । दिवा नक्तमदाभ्य ॥
tvaṃ naḥ pāhy aṃhaso doṣāvastar aghāyataḥ | divā naktam adābhya ||

English translation:

“Uninjurable Agni, dispeller of darkness, preserve us night and day from sin, and from the malevolent.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārcyuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । नः॒ । पा॒हि॒ । अंह॑सः । दोषा॑ऽवस्तः । अ॒घ॒ऽय॒तः । दिवा॑ । नक्त॑म् । अ॒दा॒भ्य॒ ॥
त्वम् । नः । पाहि । अंहसः । दोषावस्तः । अघयतः । दिवा । नक्तम् । अदाभ्य ॥
tvam | naḥ | pāhi | aṃhasaḥ | doṣāvastaḥ | agha-yataḥ | divā | naktam | adābhya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.15.15 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

pāhy < pāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“protect; govern.”

aṃhaso < aṃhasaḥ < aṃhas

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“trouble; sin.”

doṣāvastar < doṣāvastṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

aghāyataḥ < aghāy

[verb noun], ablative, singular

divā

[adverb]

“by day; divā [indecl.].”

naktam < nakta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“night; night.”

adābhya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“trustworthy; disabused(p).”

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