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 10.35.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यं दे॑वा॒सोऽव॑थ॒ वाज॑सातौ॒ यं त्राय॑ध्वे॒ यं पि॑पृ॒थात्यंह॑: । यो वो॑ गोपी॒थे न भ॒यस्य॒ वेद॒ ते स्या॑म दे॒ववी॑तये तुरासः ॥
यं देवासोऽवथ वाजसातौ यं त्रायध्वे यं पिपृथात्यंहः । यो वो गोपीथे न भयस्य वेद ते स्याम देववीतये तुरासः ॥
yaṃ devāso 'vatha vājasātau yaṃ trāyadhve yam pipṛthāty aṃhaḥ | yo vo gopīthe na bhayasya veda te syāma devavītaye turāsaḥ ||

English translation:

“Gods, who are prompt (to grant our desires), may he, whom you guard in battle, whom you defend(from his enemies), whom having extricated from sin, you gratify (in all his wishes), who (secure) in yourprotection; knows not of fear, may we (who are all this) be assiduous in offering sacrifice to the gods.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): luśo dhānākaḥ [luśa dhānāka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यम् । दे॒वा॒सः॒ । अव॑थ । वाज॑ऽसातौ । यम् । त्राय॑ध्वे । यम् । पि॒पृ॒थ । अति॑ । अंहः॑ । यः । वः॒ । गो॒ऽपी॒थे । न । भ॒यस्य॑ । वेद॑ । ते । स्या॒म॒ । दे॒वऽवी॑तये । तु॒रा॒सः॒ ॥
यम् । देवासः । अवथ । वाजसातौ । यम् । त्रायध्वे । यम् । पिपृथ । अति । अंहः । यः । वः । गोपीथे । न । भयस्य । वेद । ते । स्याम । देववीतये । तुरासः ॥
yam | devāsaḥ | avatha | vāja-sātau | yam | trāyadhve | yam | pipṛtha | ati | aṃhaḥ | yaḥ | vaḥ | go--pīthe | na | bhayasya | veda | te | syāma | deva-vītaye | turāsaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.35.14 English analysis of grammar]

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

devāso < devāsaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

'vatha < avatha < av

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

vājasātau < vājasāti

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“victory; battle.”

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

trāyadhve < trā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“protect; help.”

yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

pipṛthāty < pipṛtha < pṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“protect; promote; rescue; help.”

pipṛthāty < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

aṃhaḥ < aṃhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“trouble; sin.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

gopīthe < gopītha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“protection.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

bhayasya < bhaya

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“fear; danger; danger; bhaya [word]; distress; apprehension; alarm; apprehension.”

veda < vid

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

syāma < as

[verb], plural, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

devavītaye < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devavītaye < vītaye < vīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

turāsaḥ < tura

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“powerful; noble; noble.”

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