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 7.104.22
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उलू॑कयातुं शुशु॒लूक॑यातुं ज॒हि श्वया॑तुमु॒त कोक॑यातुम् । सु॒प॒र्णया॑तुमु॒त गृध्र॑यातुं दृ॒षदे॑व॒ प्र मृ॑ण॒ रक्ष॑ इन्द्र ॥
उलूकयातुं शुशुलूकयातुं जहि श्वयातुमुत कोकयातुम् । सुपर्णयातुमुत गृध्रयातुं दृषदेव प्र मृण रक्ष इन्द्र ॥
ulūkayātuṃ śuśulūkayātuṃ jahi śvayātum uta kokayātum | suparṇayātum uta gṛdhrayātuṃ dṛṣadeva pra mṛṇa rakṣa indra ||
English translation:
“Destroy the evil spirit, whether in the form of an owl, or of an owlet, of a dog, or of a duck, of a hawk orof a vulture; slay the rākṣasas, Indra, (with the thunderbolt) as with a stone.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
A duck: a ruddy goose,cakravāka
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उलू॑कऽयातुम् । शु॒शु॒लूक॑ऽयातुम् । ज॒हि । श्वऽया॑तुम् । उ॒त । कोक॑ऽयातुम् । सु॒प॒र्णऽया॑तुम् । उ॒त । गृध्र॑ऽयातुम् । दृ॒षदा॑ऽइव । प्र । मृ॒ण॒ । रक्षः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ ॥
उलूकयातुम् । शुशुलूकयातुम् । जहि । श्वयातुम् । उत । कोकयातुम् । सुपर्णयातुम् । उत । गृध्रयातुम् । दृषदाइव । प्र । मृण । रक्षः । इन्द्र ॥
ulūka-yātum | śuśulūka-yātum | jahi | śva-yātum | uta | koka-yātum | suparṇa-yātum | uta | gṛdhra-yātum | dṛṣadāiva | pra | mṛṇa | rakṣaḥ | indra
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.104.22 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], masculine
“owl; Ulūka.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“monster; mythical monster; sorcerer; yātu [word]; witchcraft; sorcery.”
[noun], masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“monster; mythical monster; sorcerer; yātu [word]; witchcraft; sorcery.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], masculine
“dog; śvan [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“monster; mythical monster; sorcerer; yātu [word]; witchcraft; sorcery.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], masculine
“wolf; cuckoo.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“monster; mythical monster; sorcerer; yātu [word]; witchcraft; sorcery.”
[noun], masculine
“Garuda; Suparṇa; bird of prey; Suparṇa; suparṇa; Suparṇa; eagle.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“monster; mythical monster; sorcerer; yātu [word]; witchcraft; sorcery.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], masculine
“vulture.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“monster; mythical monster; sorcerer; yātu [word]; witchcraft; sorcery.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“millstone; rock; jewel.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“kill; crush.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”