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 8.75.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒न्यम॒स्मद्भि॒या इ॒यमग्ने॒ सिष॑क्तु दु॒च्छुना॑ । वर्धा॑ नो॒ अम॑व॒च्छव॑: ॥
अन्यमस्मद्भिया इयमग्ने सिषक्तु दुच्छुना । वर्धा नो अमवच्छवः ॥
anyam asmad bhiyā iyam agne siṣaktu ducchunā | vardhā no amavac chavaḥ ||

English translation:

Agni, may your plural gues pursue some other to terrify him; increase our vigorous strength in battle.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virupaḥ [virupa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒न्यम् । अ॒स्मत् । भि॒यै । इ॒यम् । अग्ने॑ । सिस॑क्तु । दु॒च्छुना॑ । वर्ध॑ । नः॒ । अम॑ऽवत् । शवः॑ ॥
अन्यम् । अस्मत् । भियै । इयम् । अग्ने । सिसक्तु । दुच्छुना । वर्ध । नः । अमवत् । शवः ॥
anyam | asmat | bhiyai | iyam | agne | sisaktu | ducchunā | vardha | naḥ | ama-vat | śavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.75.13 English analysis of grammar]

anyam < anya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

asmad < asmat < mad

[noun], ablative, plural

“I; mine.”

bhiyā < bhiyai < bhī

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“fear; bhī; alarm.”

iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

siṣaktu < sac

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

ducchunā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“calamity; misfortune.”

vardhā < vardha < vṛdh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

amavacchavaḥ < amavat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“impressive; strong.”

amavacchavaḥ < śavaḥ < śavas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

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