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 7.34.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा नोऽहि॑र्बु॒ध्न्यो॑ रि॒षे धा॒न्मा य॒ज्ञो अ॑स्य स्रिधदृता॒योः ॥
मा नोऽहिर्बुध्न्यो रिषे धान्मा यज्ञो अस्य स्रिधदृतायोः ॥
mā no 'hir budhnyo riṣe dhān mā yajño asya sridhad ṛtāyoḥ ||

English translation:

“Let not Ahirbudhnya be disposed to work us harm; let not the sacrifice of the worshipper bedisregarded.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा । नः॒ । अहिः॑ । बु॒ध्न्यः॑ । रि॒षे । धा॒त् । मा । य॒ज्ञः । अ॒स्य॒ । स्रि॒ध॒त् । ऋ॒त॒ऽयोः ॥
मा । नः । अहिः । बुध्न्यः । रिषे । धात् । मा । यज्ञः । अस्य । स्रिधत् । ऋतयोः ॥
mā | naḥ | ahiḥ | budhnyaḥ | riṣe | dhāt | mā | yajñaḥ | asya | sridhat | ṛta-yoḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.34.17 English analysis of grammar]

[adverb]

“not.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

'hir < ahiḥ < ahi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”

budhnyo < budhnyaḥ < budhnya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

riṣe < riṣ

[verb noun]

“suffer; harm.”

dhān < dhāt < dhā

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

[adverb]

“not.”

yajño < yajñaḥ < yajña

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

sridhad < sridhat < sridh

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

ṛtāyoḥ < ṛtāyu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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