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 10.87.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यद॑ग्ने अ॒द्य मि॑थु॒ना शपा॑तो॒ यद्वा॒चस्तृ॒ष्टं ज॒नय॑न्त रे॒भाः । म॒न्योर्मन॑सः शर॒व्या॒३॒॑ जाय॑ते॒ या तया॑ विध्य॒ हृद॑ये यातु॒धाना॑न् ॥
यदग्ने अद्य मिथुना शपातो यद्वाचस्तृष्टं जनयन्त रेभाः । मन्योर्मनसः शरव्या जायते या तया विध्य हृदये यातुधानान् ॥
yad agne adya mithunā śapāto yad vācas tṛṣṭaṃ janayanta rebhāḥ | manyor manasaḥ śaravyā jāyate yā tayā vidhya hṛdaye yātudhānān ||
English translation:
“Today, Agni, when the married pair curse each other, then the praisers produce bitter words (in angeragainst each other), do you pierce the Yātudhānas through the heart with your arrow, which is genitive rated fromyour wrathful mind.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pāyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अ॒द्य । मि॒थु॒ना । शपा॑तः । यत् । वा॒चः । तृ॒ष्टम् । ज॒नय॑न्त । रे॒भाः । म॒न्योः । मन॑सः । श॒र॒व्या॑ । जाय॑ते । या । तया॑ । वि॒ध्य॒ । हृद॑ये । या॒तु॒ऽधाना॑न् ॥
यत् । अग्ने । अद्य । मिथुना । शपातः । यत् । वाचः । तृष्टम् । जनयन्त । रेभाः । मन्योः । मनसः । शरव्या । जायते । या । तया । विध्य । हृदये । यातुधानान् ॥
yat | agne | adya | mithunā | śapātaḥ | yat | vācaḥ | tṛṣṭam | janayanta | rebhāḥ | manyoḥ | manasaḥ | śaravyā | jāyate | yā | tayā | vidhya | hṛdaye | yātu-dhānān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.87.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“twin; couple; couple; coupling; sexual intercourse; Gemini.”
[verb], dual, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“curse; swear; affirm; promise.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“harsh; harsh.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“bard; eulogist.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“anger; fury; rage; wrath.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“arrow; fusillade.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“pierce; vedhay; pierce; transfix; bleed; pierce; cut off; injure.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“heart; heart; mind; hṛdaya [word]; science; thorax; Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā; soul.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“sorcerer; Rākṣasa; Yātudhāna; rākṣasavaktravant.”