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 10.37.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यद्वो॑ देवाश्चकृ॒म जि॒ह्वया॑ गु॒रु मन॑सो वा॒ प्रयु॑ती देव॒हेळ॑नम् । अरा॑वा॒ यो नो॑ अ॒भि दु॑च्छुना॒यते॒ तस्मि॒न्तदेनो॑ वसवो॒ नि धे॑तन ॥
यद्वो देवाश्चकृम जिह्वया गुरु मनसो वा प्रयुती देवहेळनम् । अरावा यो नो अभि दुच्छुनायते तस्मिन्तदेनो वसवो नि धेतन ॥
yad vo devāś cakṛma jihvayā guru manaso vā prayutī devaheḻanam | arāvā yo no abhi ducchunāyate tasmin tad eno vasavo ni dhetana ||
English translation:
“Whatever sin, great and exciting the wrath of the gods, we have committed against you, O gods, bythe tongue, or the working of the mind, do you, Vasu, transfer that sin to him, who assailing terrifies us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): abhitapāḥ sauryaḥ [abhitapas saurya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । वः॒ । दे॒वाः॒ । च॒कृ॒म । जि॒ह्वया॑ । गु॒रु । मन॑सः । वा॒ । प्रऽयु॑ती । दे॒व॒ऽहेळ॑नम् । अरा॑वा । यः । नः॒ । अ॒भि । दु॒च्छु॒न॒ऽयते॑ । तस्मि॑न् । तत् । एनः॑ । व॒स॒वः॒ । नि । धे॒त॒न॒ ॥
यत् । वः । देवाः । चकृम । जिह्वया । गुरु । मनसः । वा । प्रयुती । देवहेळनम् । अरावा । यः । नः । अभि । दुच्छुनयते । तस्मिन् । तत् । एनः । वसवः । नि । धेतन ॥
yat | vaḥ | devāḥ | cakṛma | jihvayā | guru | manasaḥ | vā | pra-yutī | deva-heḷanam | arāvā | yaḥ | naḥ | abhi | ducchuna-yate | tasmin | tat | enaḥ | vasavaḥ | ni | dhetana
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.37.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“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.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“heavy; guru; heavy; heavy; long; guru [word]; difficult; vehement; full; impressive; serious.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“absence.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“anger.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“begrudging; hostile; stingy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“threaten.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sin; calamity; blame.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], plural, Perfect imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”