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 8.79.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा न॑: सोम॒ सं वी॑विजो॒ मा वि बी॑भिषथा राजन् । मा नो॒ हार्दि॑ त्वि॒षा व॑धीः ॥
मा नः सोम सं वीविजो मा वि बीभिषथा राजन् । मा नो हार्दि त्विषा वधीः ॥
mā naḥ soma saṃ vīvijo mā vi bībhiṣathā rājan | mā no hārdi tviṣā vadhīḥ ||

English translation:

“O Soma, cause us not to tremble, frighten us not, O king; smite not our hearts with your brightness.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛtnurbhārgavaḥ [kṛtnurbhārgava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा । नः॒ । सो॒म॒ । सम् । वी॒वि॒जः॒ । मा । वि । बी॒भि॒ष॒था॒ । रा॒ज॒न् । मा । नः॒ । हार्दि॑ । त्वि॒षा । व॒धीः॒ ॥
मा । नः । सोम । सम् । वीविजः । मा । वि । बीभिषथा । राजन् । मा । नः । हार्दि । त्विषा । वधीः ॥
mā | naḥ | soma | sam | vīvijaḥ | mā | vi | bībhiṣathā | rājan | mā | naḥ | hārdi | tviṣā | vadhīḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.79.8 English analysis of grammar]

[adverb]

“not.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

vīvijo < vīvijaḥ < vij

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

“flinch; bounce.”

[adverb]

“not.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

bībhiṣathā < bībhiṣathāḥ < bhīṣay

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

rājan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

[adverb]

“not.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

hārdi

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“heart.”

tviṣā < tviṣ

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“beam; color; beauty.”

vadhīḥ < vadh

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

“kill; assail; kick; māray; destroy; beat.”

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