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 7.104.25
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ चक्ष्व॒ वि च॒क्ष्वेन्द्र॑श्च सोम जागृतम् । रक्षो॑भ्यो व॒धम॑स्यतम॒शनिं॑ यातु॒मद्भ्य॑: ॥
प्रति चक्ष्व वि चक्ष्वेन्द्रश्च सोम जागृतम् । रक्षोभ्यो वधमस्यतमशनिं यातुमद्भ्यः ॥
prati cakṣva vi cakṣvendraś ca soma jāgṛtam | rakṣobhyo vadham asyatam aśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ ||
English translation:
“Soma, do you and Indra severally watch (the rākṣasas), be vary, be vigilant; hurl the thunderbolt atthe malignant rākṣasas.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāsomau rakṣohaṇī ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ । च॒क्ष्व॒ । वि । च॒क्ष्व॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । च॒ । सो॒म॒ । जा॒गृ॒त॒म् । रक्षः॑ऽभ्यः । व॒धम् । अ॒स्य॒त॒म् । अ॒शनि॑म् । या॒तु॒मत्ऽभ्यः॑ ॥
प्रति । चक्ष्व । वि । चक्ष्व । इन्द्रः । च । सोम । जागृतम् । रक्षःभ्यः । वधम् । अस्यतम् । अशनिम् । यातुमत्भ्यः ॥
prati | cakṣva | vi | cakṣva | indraḥ | ca | soma | jāgṛtam | rakṣaḥ-bhyaḥ | vadham | asyatam | aśanim | yātumat-bhyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.104.25 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“watch; look.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“watch; look.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“wake; watch; awaken; wake up; oversee.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“Rākṣasa.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“shoot; remove.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“lightning; Vajra; vajra; thunderbolt.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“charming.”