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 8.44.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॒ नि पा॑हि न॒स्त्वं प्रति॑ ष्म देव॒ रीष॑तः । भि॒न्धि द्वेष॑: सहस्कृत ॥
अग्ने नि पाहि नस्त्वं प्रति ष्म देव रीषतः । भिन्धि द्वेषः सहस्कृत ॥
agne ni pāhi nas tvam prati ṣma deva rīṣataḥ | bhindhi dveṣaḥ sahaskṛta ||
English translation:
“Divine Agni, produced by strength, do you protect us from the injurer, tear asunder our enemies.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्ने॑ । नि । पा॒हि॒ । नः॒ । त्वम् । प्रति॑ । स्म॒ । दे॒व॒ । रिष॑तः । भि॒न्धि । द्वेषः॑ । स॒हः॒ऽकृ॒त॒ ॥
अग्ने । नि । पाहि । नः । त्वम् । प्रति । स्म । देव । रिषतः । भिन्धि । द्वेषः । सहःकृत ॥
agne | ni | pāhi | naḥ | tvam | prati | sma | deva | riṣataḥ | bhindhi | dveṣaḥ | sahaḥ-kṛta
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.44.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[adverb]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“suffer; harm.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hostility; enemy.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“increased; aroused.”