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 8.67.21

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि षु द्वेषो॒ व्यं॑ह॒तिमादि॑त्यासो॒ वि संहि॑तम् । विष्व॒ग्वि वृ॑हता॒ रप॑: ॥
वि षु द्वेषो व्यंहतिमादित्यासो वि संहितम् । विष्वग्वि वृहता रपः ॥
vi ṣu dveṣo vy aṃhatim ādityāso vi saṃhitam | viṣvag vi vṛhatā rapaḥ ||

English translation:

Ādityas, utterly destroy our enemies, destroy wickedness, destroy the closely drawn net, destroy evileverywhere.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): matsyaḥ sāmmado mānyo vā maitrāvaruṇirbahavo vā matsyā jālanadhdāḥ [matsya sāmmada mānya vā maitrāvaruṇirbahava vā matsyā jālanadhdāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि । सु । द्वेषः॑ । वि । अं॒ह॒तिम् । आदि॑त्यासः । वि । सम्ऽहि॑तम् । विष्व॑क् । वि । वृ॒ह॒त॒ । रपः॑ ॥
वि । सु । द्वेषः । वि । अंहतिम् । आदित्यासः । वि । सम्हितम् । विष्वक् । वि । वृहत । रपः ॥
vi | su | dveṣaḥ | vi | aṃhatim | ādityāsaḥ | vi | sam-hitam | viṣvak | vi | vṛhata | rapaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.67.21 English analysis of grammar]

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

ṣu < su

[adverb]

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

dveṣo < dveṣaḥ < dveṣas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hostility; enemy.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

aṃhatim < aṃhati

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

ādityāso < ādityāsaḥ < āditya

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

saṃhitam < saṃdhā < √dhā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“connect; refer; aim; grow together; compress; ally; unite; operate on.”

viṣvag < viṣvak < viṣvañc

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“dispersed; viṣvañc [word].”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

vṛhatā < vṛhata < vṛh

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“extract.”

rapaḥ < rapas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“injury; disease; infirmity; damage.”

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