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 8.47.18
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अजै॑ष्मा॒द्यास॑नाम॒ चाभू॒माना॑गसो व॒यम् । उषो॒ यस्मा॑द्दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्या॒दभै॒ष्माप॒ तदु॑च्छत्वने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तय॑: सु॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तय॑: ॥
अजैष्माद्यासनाम चाभूमानागसो वयम् । उषो यस्माद्दुष्ष्वप्न्यादभैष्माप तदुच्छत्वनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥
ajaiṣmādyāsanāma cābhūmānāgaso vayam | uṣo yasmād duṣṣvapnyād abhaiṣmāpa tad ucchatv anehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ ||
English translation:
“May we be today victorious, and obtain (happiness); may we be free from evil; Uṣas, may that ill dreamdepart, of which we were afraid; your aids are void of harm, your aids are true aids.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): trita āptyaḥ [trita āptya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityā uṣāśca ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अजै॑ष्म । अ॒द्य । अस॑नाम । च॒ । अभू॑म । अना॑गसः । व॒यम् । उषः॑ । यस्मा॑त् । दुः॒ऽस्वप्न्या॑त् । अभै॑ष्म । अप॑ । तत् । उ॒च्छ॒तु॒ । अ॒ने॒हसः॑ । वः॒ । ऊ॒तयः॑ । सु॒ऽऊ॒तयः॑ । वः॒ । ऊ॒तयः॑ ॥
अजैष्म । अद्य । असनाम । च । अभूम । अनागसः । वयम् । उषः । यस्मात् । दुःस्वप्न्यात् । अभैष्म । अप । तत् । उच्छतु । अनेहसः । वः । ऊतयः । सुऊतयः । वः । ऊतयः ॥
ajaiṣma | adya | asanāma | ca | abhūma | anāgasaḥ | vayam | uṣaḥ | yasmāt | duḥ-svapnyāt | abhaiṣma | apa | tat | ucchatu | anehasaḥ | vaḥ | ūtayaḥ | su-ūtayaḥ | vaḥ | ūtayaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.47.18 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[verb], plural, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“win; get; gain.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“blameless; impeccant.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“nightmare.”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“fear; fear.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“dawn; shine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“faultless; anehas [word]; incomparable.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”