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 8.71.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒रु॒ष्या णो॒ मा परा॑ दा अघाय॒ते जा॑तवेदः । दु॒रा॒ध्ये॒३॒॑ मर्ता॑य ॥
उरुष्या णो मा परा दा अघायते जातवेदः । दुराध्ये मर्ताय ॥
uruṣyā ṇo mā parā dā aghāyate jātavedaḥ | durādhye martāya ||

English translation:

“Defend us, Jātavedas; deliver us not over to the malevolent, to the man whose thoughts are evil.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sudītipurumīḷahau tayorvānyataraḥ [sudītipurumīḷahau tayorvānyatara];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒रु॒ष्य । नः॒ । मा । परा॑ । दाः॒ । अ॒घ॒ऽय॒ते । ज॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । दुः॒ऽआ॒ध्ये॑ । मर्ता॑य ॥
उरुष्य । नः । मा । परा । दाः । अघयते । जतवेदः । दुःआध्ये । मर्ताय ॥
uruṣya | ṇaḥ | mā | parā | dāḥ | agha-yate | jata-vedaḥ | duḥ-ādhye | martāya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.71.7 English analysis of grammar]

uruṣyā < uruṣya < uruṣy

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“protect; help.”

ṇo < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

[adverb]

“not.”

parā

[adverb]

“away.”

< dāḥ <

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

aghāyate < aghāy

[verb noun], dative, singular

jātavedaḥ < jātavedas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire.”

durādhye < durādhī

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“malevolent.”

martāya < marta

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“man.”

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