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 10.34.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मि॒त्रं कृ॑णुध्वं॒ खलु॑ मृ॒ळता॑ नो॒ मा नो॑ घो॒रेण॑ चरता॒भि धृ॒ष्णु । नि वो॒ नु म॒न्युर्वि॑शता॒मरा॑तिर॒न्यो ब॑भ्रू॒णां प्रसि॑तौ॒ न्व॑स्तु ॥
मित्रं कृणुध्वं खलु मृळता नो मा नो घोरेण चरताभि धृष्णु । नि वो नु मन्युर्विशतामरातिरन्यो बभ्रूणां प्रसितौ न्वस्तु ॥
mitraṃ kṛṇudhvaṃ khalu mṛḻatā no mā no ghoreṇa caratābhi dhṛṣṇu | ni vo nu manyur viśatām arātir anyo babhrūṇām prasitau nv astu ||
English translation:
“Be friends with us (dice); bestow upon us happiness; approach us not in terrible wrath; let your angerlight upon our enemies; let our enemy fall under the bondage of the tawny (dice).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Let your anger light upon ourenemies: let your hostile wrath against us settle down, i.e., grow calm, cease
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣa akṣo vā maujavān [kavaṣa ailūṣa akṣa vā maujavān];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): akṣakitavanindā;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मि॒त्रम् । कृ॒णु॒ध्व॒म् । खलु॑ । मृ॒ळत॑ । नः॒ । मा । नः॒ । घो॒रेण॑ । च॒र॒त॒ । अ॒भि । धृ॒ष्णु । नि । वः॒ । नु । म॒न्युः । वि॒श॒ता॒म् । अरा॑तिः । अ॒न्यः । ब॒भ्रू॒णाम् । प्रऽसि॑तौ । नु । अ॒स्तु॒ ॥
मित्रम् । कृणुध्वम् । खलु । मृळत । नः । मा । नः । घोरेण । चरत । अभि । धृष्णु । नि । वः । नु । मन्युः । विशताम् । अरातिः । अन्यः । बभ्रूणाम् । प्रसितौ । नु । अस्तु ॥
mitram | kṛṇudhvam | khalu | mṛḷata | naḥ | mā | naḥ | ghoreṇa | carata | abhi | dhṛṣṇu | ni | vaḥ | nu | manyuḥ | viśatām | arātiḥ | anyaḥ | babhrūṇām | pra-sitau | nu | astu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.34.14 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“friendship.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[adverb]
“surely.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“pardon.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“awful; dangerous; terrific; intense; dreadful.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“brave; ferocious; strong.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“anger; fury; rage; wrath.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“enter; penetrate; settle; settle.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“hostility; adversity; foe; envy; stinginess.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“tawny; brown.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“binding.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”