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 10.4.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब्रह्म॑ च ते जातवेदो॒ नम॑श्चे॒यं च॒ गीः सद॒मिद्वर्ध॑नी भूत् । रक्षा॑ णो अग्ने॒ तन॑यानि तो॒का रक्षो॒त न॑स्त॒न्वो॒३॒॑ अप्र॑युच्छन् ॥
ब्रह्म च ते जातवेदो नमश्चेयं च गीः सदमिद्वर्धनी भूत् । रक्षा णो अग्ने तनयानि तोका रक्षोत नस्तन्वो अप्रयुच्छन् ॥
brahma ca te jātavedo namaś ceyaṃ ca gīḥ sadam id vardhanī bhūt | rakṣā ṇo agne tanayāni tokā rakṣota nas tanvo aprayucchan ||
English translation:
“May this oblation, Jātavedas, this reverence, this praise, ever magnify you. Protect, Agni, our sons,our grandsons, and diligently defend our person ns.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब्रह्म॑ । च॒ । ते॒ । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । नमः॑ । च॒ । इ॒यम् । च॒ । गीः । सद॑म् । इत् । वर्ध॑नी । भू॒त् । रक्ष॑ । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । तन॑यानि । तो॒का । रक्ष॑ । उ॒त । नः॒ । त॒न्वः॑ । अप्र॑ऽयुच्छन् ॥
ब्रह्म । च । ते । जातवेदः । नमः । च । इयम् । च । गीः । सदम् । इत् । वर्धनी । भूत् । रक्ष । नः । अग्ने । तनयानि । तोका । रक्ष । उत । नः । तन्वः । अप्रयुच्छन् ॥
brahma | ca | te | jāta-vedaḥ | namaḥ | ca | iyam | ca | gīḥ | sadam | it | vardhanī | bhūt | rakṣa | naḥ | agne | tanayāni | tokā | rakṣa | uta | naḥ | tanvaḥ | apra-yucchan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.4.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[adverb]
“always.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“increasing; fortifying; promotive; prolonging.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“biological.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“offspring.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“body; embodiment; life; life; root; body; form.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ceaseless; attentive.”