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 10.87.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒ह प्र ब्रू॑हि यत॒मः सो अ॑ग्ने॒ यो या॑तु॒धानो॒ य इ॒दं कृ॒णोति॑ । तमा र॑भस्व स॒मिधा॑ यविष्ठ नृ॒चक्ष॑स॒श्चक्षु॑षे रन्धयैनम् ॥
इह प्र ब्रूहि यतमः सो अग्ने यो यातुधानो य इदं कृणोति । तमा रभस्व समिधा यविष्ठ नृचक्षसश्चक्षुषे रन्धयैनम् ॥
iha pra brūhi yatamaḥ so agne yo yātudhāno ya idaṃ kṛṇoti | tam ā rabhasva samidhā yaviṣṭha nṛcakṣasaś cakṣuṣe randhayainam ||

English translation:

Agni, youngest of the gods, announce (to me present) at this (your sacrifice), which is yourYātudhāna who does this; destroy him with your kindled flame; beholder of men, consume him with yourbrilliance.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pāyuḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒ह । प्र । ब्रू॒हि॒ । य॒त॒मः । सः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । यः । या॒तु॒ऽधानः॑ । यः । इ॒दम् । कृ॒णोति॑ । तम् । आ । र॒भ॒स्व॒ । स॒म्ऽइधा॑ । य॒वि॒ष्ठ॒ । नृ॒ऽचक्ष॑सः । चक्षु॑षे । र॒न्ध॒य॒ । ए॒न॒म् ॥
इह । प्र । ब्रूहि । यतमः । सः । अग्ने । यः । यातुधानः । यः । इदम् । कृणोति । तम् । आ । रभस्व । सम्इधा । यविष्ठ । नृचक्षसः । चक्षुषे । रन्धय । एनम् ॥
iha | pra | brūhi | yatamaḥ | saḥ | agne | yaḥ | yātu-dhānaḥ | yaḥ | idam | kṛṇoti | tam | ā | rabhasva | sam-idhā | yaviṣṭha | nṛ-cakṣasaḥ | cakṣuṣe | randhaya | enam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.87.8 English analysis of grammar]

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

brūhi < brū

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”

yatamaḥ < yatama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who.”

so < saḥ < tad

[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.”

agne < agni

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

yātudhāno < yātudhānaḥ < yātudhāna

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sorcerer; Rākṣasa; Yātudhāna; rākṣasavaktravant.”

ya < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

idaṃ < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

kṛṇoti < kṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“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.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

rabhasva < rabh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“clasp.”

samidhā < samidh

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“firewood; kindling; fuel; fire.”

yaviṣṭha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“youngest.”

nṛcakṣasaś < nṛ

[noun], masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

nṛcakṣasaś < cakṣasaḥ < cakṣas

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“eye; look; radiance.”

cakṣuṣe < cakṣus

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”

randhayainam < randhaya < randhay < √radh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“subjugate; hand over.”

randhayainam < enam < enad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

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