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 10.87.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
र॒क्षो॒हणं॑ वा॒जिन॒मा जि॑घर्मि मि॒त्रं प्रथि॑ष्ठ॒मुप॑ यामि॒ शर्म॑ । शिशा॑नो अ॒ग्निः क्रतु॑भि॒: समि॑द्ध॒: स नो॒ दिवा॒ स रि॒षः पा॑तु॒ नक्त॑म् ॥
रक्षोहणं वाजिनमा जिघर्मि मित्रं प्रथिष्ठमुप यामि शर्म । शिशानो अग्निः क्रतुभिः समिद्धः स नो दिवा स रिषः पातु नक्तम् ॥
rakṣohaṇaṃ vājinam ā jigharmi mitram prathiṣṭham upa yāmi śarma | śiśāno agniḥ kratubhiḥ samiddhaḥ sa no divā sa riṣaḥ pātu naktam ||
English translation:
“I offer clarified butter to the powerful Agni, the slayer of rākṣasas, I approach the most spaciousdwelling, the friend (of worshippers); Agni sharpening (his flames) is kindled by pious men; may he guard us frommalignant spirits by day and by night.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pāyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
र॒क्षः॒ऽहन॑म् । वा॒जिन॑म् । आ । जि॒घ॒र्मि॒ । मि॒त्रम् । प्रथि॑ष्ठम् । उप॑ । या॒मि॒ । शर्म॑ । शिशा॑नः । अ॒ग्निः । क्रतु॑ऽभिः । सम्ऽइ॑द्धः । सः । नः॒ । दिवा॑ । सः । रि॒षः । पा॒तु॒ । नक्त॑म् ॥
रक्षःहनम् । वाजिनम् । आ । जिघर्मि । मित्रम् । प्रथिष्ठम् । उप । यामि । शर्म । शिशानः । अग्निः । क्रतुभिः । सम्इद्धः । सः । नः । दिवा । सः । रिषः । पातु । नक्तम् ॥
rakṣaḥ-hanam | vājinam | ā | jigharmi | mitram | prathiṣṭham | upa | yāmi | śarma | śiśānaḥ | agniḥ | kratu-bhiḥ | sam-iddhaḥ | saḥ | naḥ | divā | saḥ | riṣaḥ | pātu | naktam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.87.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“kindle; blaze.”
[noun], nominative, 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, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“by day; divā [indecl.].”
[noun], nominative, 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, plural, feminine
“injury; riṣ; damage.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“night; night.”