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 7.50.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यद्वि॒जाम॒न्परु॑षि॒ वन्द॑नं॒ भुव॑दष्ठी॒वन्तौ॒ परि॑ कु॒ल्फौ च॒ देह॑त् । अ॒ग्निष्टच्छोच॒न्नप॑ बाधतामि॒तो मा मां पद्ये॑न॒ रप॑सा विद॒त्त्सरु॑: ॥
यद्विजामन्परुषि वन्दनं भुवदष्ठीवन्तौ परि कुल्फौ च देहत् । अग्निष्टच्छोचन्नप बाधतामितो मा मां पद्येन रपसा विदत्त्सरुः ॥
yad vijāman paruṣi vandanam bhuvad aṣṭhīvantau pari kulphau ca dehat | agniṣ ṭac chocann apa bādhatām ito mā mām padyena rapasā vidat tsaruḥ ||
English translation:
“May the brilliant Agni counteract that poison which is genitive rated in the manifold knots (of trees) and thelike, or which is smeared upon the knees of ankles; let not the tortuous snake recognize me by the sound of myfootsteps.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Knots of trees: yad vijāman paruṣi vandanam = vandanam etat sanjñakam viṣam: vandana is apoison so named; yad vividha janmani vṛkṣādīnām parvaṇi udbhavet, which may originate in thevariously-born joints of trees and others; Smeared upon knees: aṣṭhīvantau parikulphau ca dehat: paridehat =upacitam kuryāt, let him smear
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । वि॒ऽजाम॑न् । परु॑षि । वन्द॑नम् । भुव॑त् । अ॒ष्ठी॒वन्तौ॑ । परि॑ । कु॒ल्फौ । च॒ । देह॑त् । अ॒ग्निः । तत् । शोच॑न् । अप॑ । बा॒ध॒ता॒म् । इ॒तः । मा । माम् । पद्ये॑न । रप॑सा । वि॒द॒त् । त्सरुः॑ ॥
यत् । विजामन् । परुषि । वन्दनम् । भुवत् । अष्ठीवन्तौ । परि । कुल्फौ । च । देहत् । अग्निः । तत् । शोचन् । अप । बाधताम् । इतः । मा । माम् । पद्येन । रपसा । विदत् । त्सरुः ॥
yat | vi-jāman | paruṣi | vandanam | bhuvat | aṣṭhīvantau | pari | kulphau | ca | dehat | agniḥ | tat | śocan | apa | bādhatām | itaḥ | mā | mām | padyena | rapasā | vidat | tsaruḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.50.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“vijāman.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“joint.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“worship; skin disease.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“knee; aṣṭhīvant [word].”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“ankle.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“smear; anoint; saturate; apply externally; dirty; spread; daub; poison.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[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.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“mourn; grieve; flame; glow; burn; repent.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“afflict; annoy; chase away; tease; grieve; irritate.”
[adverb]
“from here; therefore.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“foot.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“injury; disease; infirmity; damage.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hilt; sycophant.”