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 8.23.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न तस्य॑ मा॒यया॑ च॒न रि॒पुरी॑शीत॒ मर्त्य॑: । यो अ॒ग्नये॑ द॒दाश॑ ह॒व्यदा॑तिभिः ॥
न तस्य मायया चन रिपुरीशीत मर्त्यः । यो अग्नये ददाश हव्यदातिभिः ॥
na tasya māyayā cana ripur īśīta martyaḥ | yo agnaye dadāśa havyadātibhiḥ ||

English translation:

“No hostile mortal shall have power by fraud over him who by the (sacred) offerers of the oblationpresents (offerings) to Agni.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न । तस्य॑ । मा॒यया॑ । च॒न । रि॒पुः । ई॒शी॒त॒ । मर्त्यः॑ । यः । अ॒ग्नये॑ । द॒दाश॑ । ह॒व्यदा॑तिऽभिः ॥
न । तस्य । मायया । चन । रिपुः । ईशीत । मर्त्यः । यः । अग्नये । ददाश । हव्यदातिभिः ॥
na | tasya | māyayā | cana | ripuḥ | īśīta | martyaḥ | yaḥ | agnaye | dadāśa | havyadāti-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.23.15 English analysis of grammar]

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

tasya < tad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

māyayā < māyā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”

cana

[adverb]

“not even; cana [word].”

ripur < ripuḥ < ripu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“punic; deceitful; unfriendly.”

īśīta < īś

[verb], singular, Present optative

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

martyaḥ < martya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

agnaye < agni

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

dadāśa < dāś

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“sacrifice; give.”

havyadātibhiḥ < havya

[noun], neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

havyadātibhiḥ < dātibhiḥ < dāti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

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