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 7.34.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व्ये॑तु दि॒द्युद्द्वि॒षामशे॑वा यु॒योत॒ विष्व॒ग्रप॑स्त॒नूना॑म् ॥
व्येतु दिद्युद्द्विषामशेवा युयोत विष्वग्रपस्तनूनाम् ॥
vy etu didyud dviṣām aśevā yuyota viṣvag rapas tanūnām ||

English translation:

“May the blazing (weapons) of foes pass by innocuous; separate, (gods), universally (from us) the sin ofour bodies.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि । ए॒तु॒ । दि॒द्युत् । द्वि॒षाम् । अशे॑वा । यु॒योत॑ । विष्व॑क् । रपः॑ । त॒नूना॑म् ॥
वि । एतु । दिद्युत् । द्विषाम् । अशेवा । युयोत । विष्वक् । रपः । तनूनाम् ॥
vi | etu | didyut | dviṣām | aśevā | yuyota | viṣvak | rapaḥ | tanūnām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.34.13 English analysis of grammar]

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

etu < i

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

didyud < didyut

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“arrow; Didyut.”

dviṣām < dviṣ

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“hostile; hating.”

aśevā < aśeva

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“harmful; unfriendly.”

yuyota < yu

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“keep away; separate; ward off.”

viṣvag < viṣvak < viṣvañc

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“dispersed; viṣvañc [word].”

rapas < rapaḥ < rapas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“injury; disease; infirmity; damage.”

tanūnām < tanū

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

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