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 10.87.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्रिर्या॑तु॒धान॒: प्रसि॑तिं त एत्वृ॒तं यो अ॑ग्ने॒ अनृ॑तेन॒ हन्ति॑ । तम॒र्चिषा॑ स्फू॒र्जय॑ञ्जातवेदः सम॒क्षमे॑नं गृण॒ते नि वृ॑ङ्धि ॥
त्रिर्यातुधानः प्रसितिं त एत्वृतं यो अग्ने अनृतेन हन्ति । तमर्चिषा स्फूर्जयञ्जातवेदः समक्षमेनं गृणते नि वृङ्धि ॥
trir yātudhānaḥ prasitiṃ ta etv ṛtaṃ yo agne anṛtena hanti | tam arciṣā sphūrjayañ jātavedaḥ samakṣam enaṃ gṛṇate ni vṛṅdhi ||

English translation:

Agni Jātavedas, let the Yātudhāna, who defeats your truth with falsehood, come thrice into the”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्रिः । या॒तु॒ऽधानः॑ । प्रऽसि॑तिम् । ते॒ । ए॒तु॒ । ऋ॒तम् । यः । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अनृ॑तेन । हन्ति॑ । तम् । अ॒र्चिषा॑ । स्फू॒र्जय॑न् । जा॒त॒ऽवे॒दः॒ । स॒म्ऽअ॒क्षम् । ए॒न॒म् । गृ॒ण॒ते । नि । वृ॒ङ्धि॒ ॥
त्रिः । यातुधानः । प्रसितिम् । ते । एतु । ऋतम् । यः । अग्ने । अनृतेन । हन्ति । तम् । अर्चिषा । स्फूर्जयन् । जातवेदः । सम्अक्षम् । एनम् । गृणते । नि । वृङ्धि ॥
triḥ | yātu-dhānaḥ | pra-sitim | te | etu | ṛtam | yaḥ | agne | anṛtena | hanti | tam | arciṣā | sphūrjayan | jāta-vedaḥ | sam-akṣam | enam | gṛṇate | ni | vṛṅdhi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.87.11 English analysis of grammar]

trir < tris

[adverb]

“thrice; tris [word].”

yātudhānaḥ < yātudhāna

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sorcerer; Rākṣasa; Yātudhāna; rākṣasavaktravant.”

prasitiṃ < prasitim < prasiti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“binding.”

ta < te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

etv < etu < i

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

ṛtaṃ < ṛtam < ṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

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.”

anṛtena < anṛta

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“falsehood; lying; lie; cheat.”

hanti < han

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”

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.”

arciṣā < arcis

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“fire; flare; light; beam; gleam; shininess.”

sphūrjayañjātavedaḥ < sphūrjayan < sphūrjay < √sphūrj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“roar.”

sphūrjayañjātavedaḥ < jātavedaḥ < jātavedas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Agni; fire.”

samakṣam < samakṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“present.”

enaṃ < enam < enad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

gṛṇate < gṛ

[verb noun], dative, singular

“praise.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

vṛṅdhi < vṛj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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