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 8.47.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यदा॒विर्यद॑पी॒च्यं१॒॑ देवा॑सो॒ अस्ति॑ दुष्कृ॒तम् । त्रि॒ते तद्विश्व॑मा॒प्त्य आ॒रे अ॒स्मद्द॑धातनाने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तय॑: सु॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तय॑: ॥
यदाविर्यदपीच्यं देवासो अस्ति दुष्कृतम् । त्रिते तद्विश्वमाप्त्य आरे अस्मद्दधातनानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥
yad āvir yad apīcyaṃ devāso asti duṣkṛtam | trite tad viśvam āptya āre asmad dadhātanānehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ ||

English translation:

“Deities, whatever evil is manifest, whatever is concealed, (let it be not found) in Trita Āptya, keep it farfrom us; your aids are void of harm, your aids are true aids.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Trita Āptya is the ṛṣi of the hymn. Trita Āptyawas a deity dwelling in remote distance, and consequently evil was sought to be transferred to him; keep it farfrom us in Trita Āptya

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): trita āptyaḥ [trita āptya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । आ॒विः । यत् । अ॒पी॒च्य॑म् । देवा॑सः । अस्ति॑ । दुः॒ऽकृ॒तम् । त्रि॒ते । तत् । विश्व॑म् । आ॒प्त्ये । आ॒रे । अ॒स्मत् । द॒धा॒त॒न॒ । अ॒ने॒हसः॑ । वः॒ । ऊ॒तयः॑ । सु॒ऽऊ॒तयः॑ । वः॒ । ऊ॒तयः॑ ॥
यत् । आविः । यत् । अपीच्यम् । देवासः । अस्ति । दुःकृतम् । त्रिते । तत् । विश्वम् । आप्त्ये । आरे । अस्मत् । दधातन । अनेहसः । वः । ऊतयः । सुऊतयः । वः । ऊतयः ॥
yat | āviḥ | yat | apīcyam | devāsaḥ | asti | duḥ-kṛtam | trite | tat | viśvam | āptye | āre | asmat | dadhātana | anehasaḥ | vaḥ | ūtayaḥ | su-ūtayaḥ | vaḥ | ūtayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.47.13 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

āvir < āvis

[adverb]

“openly; obviously.”

yad < yat < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

apīcyaṃ < apīcyam < apīcya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“secret; hidden; cryptic.”

devāso < devāsaḥ < deva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

asti < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

duṣkṛtam < duṣkṛta

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“evil; misdemeanor; sin.”

trite < trita

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Trita.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

āptya < āptye < āptya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Āptya; Trita.”

āre

[adverb]

“far.”

asmad < asmat < mad

[noun], ablative, plural

“I; mine.”

dadhātanānehaso < dadhātana < dhā

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

dadhātanānehaso < anehasaḥ < anehas

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“faultless; anehas [word]; incomparable.”

va < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

ūtayaḥ < ūti

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

suūtayo < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suūtayo < ūtayaḥ < ūti

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

va < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

ūtayaḥ < ūti

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

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