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 7.71.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अप॒ स्वसु॑रु॒षसो॒ नग्जि॑हीते रि॒णक्ति॑ कृ॒ष्णीर॑रु॒षाय॒ पन्था॑म् । अश्वा॑मघा॒ गोम॑घा वां हुवेम॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॒ शरु॑म॒स्मद्यु॑योतम् ॥
अप स्वसुरुषसो नग्जिहीते रिणक्ति कृष्णीररुषाय पन्थाम् । अश्वामघा गोमघा वां हुवेम दिवा नक्तं शरुमस्मद्युयोतम् ॥
apa svasur uṣaso nag jihīte riṇakti kṛṣṇīr aruṣāya panthām | aśvāmaghā gomaghā vāṃ huvema divā naktaṃ śarum asmad yuyotam ||

English translation:

“Night retires before the dawn, the sister (of the Aśvins); the dark night leaves the path clear for theradiant (sun); upon you, who are affluent in horses, affluenet in cattle, we call day and night; keep away from usthe malevolent.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अप॑ । स्वसुः॑ । उ॒षसः॑ । नक् । जि॒ही॒ते॒ । रि॒णक्ति॑ । कृ॒ष्णीः । अ॒रु॒षाय॑ । पन्था॑म् । अश्व॑ऽमघा । गोऽम॑घा । वा॒म् । हु॒वे॒म॒ । दिवा॑ । नक्त॑म् । शरु॑म् । अ॒स्मत् । यु॒यो॒त॒म् ॥
अप । स्वसुः । उषसः । नक् । जिहीते । रिणक्ति । कृष्णीः । अरुषाय । पन्थाम् । अश्वमघा । गोमघा । वाम् । हुवेम । दिवा । नक्तम् । शरुम् । अस्मत् । युयोतम् ॥
apa | svasuḥ | uṣasaḥ | nak | jihīte | riṇakti | kṛṣṇīḥ | aruṣāya | panthām | aśva-maghā | go--maghā | vām | huvema | divā | naktam | śarum | asmat | yuyotam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.71.1 English analysis of grammar]

apa

[adverb]

“away.”

svasur < svasuḥ < svasṛ

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“sister; svasṛ [word].”

uṣaso < uṣasaḥ < uṣas

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

nag < naś

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“night; night.”

jihīte <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“abandon; decrease; want; kill; deteriorate; get rid of; exclude; lose; avoid; remove; leave; abandon; neglect; leave; discard; apostatize; discontinue; weaken; abandon; assail; subtract; foreswear; pour away; withdraw; depart; reduce.”

riṇakti < ric

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“empty; liberate; concede; surrender; purge.”

kṛṣṇīr < kṛṣṇīḥ < kṛṣṇī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“night; night.”

aruṣāya < aruṣa

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“red; red.”

panthām < pathin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”

aśvāmaghā < aśvāmagha

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

gomaghā < go

[noun], masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

gomaghā < maghā < magha

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“gift; wealth; reward; wages; reward.”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

huvema < hvā

[verb], plural, Present optative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

divā

[adverb]

“by day; divā [indecl.].”

naktaṃ < naktam < nakta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“night; night.”

śarum < śaru

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“arrow.”

asmad < asmat < mad

[noun], ablative, plural

“I; mine.”

yuyotam < yu

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“keep away; separate; ward off.”

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