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 10.87.19
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒नाद॑ग्ने मृणसि यातु॒धाना॒न्न त्वा॒ रक्षां॑सि॒ पृत॑नासु जिग्युः । अनु॑ दह स॒हमू॑रान्क्र॒व्यादो॒ मा ते॑ हे॒त्या मु॑क्षत॒ दैव्या॑याः ॥
सनादग्ने मृणसि यातुधानान्न त्वा रक्षांसि पृतनासु जिग्युः । अनु दह सहमूरान्क्रव्यादो मा ते हेत्या मुक्षत दैव्यायाः ॥
sanād agne mṛṇasi yātudhānān na tvā rakṣāṃsi pṛtanāsu jigyuḥ | anu daha sahamūrān kravyādo mā te hetyā mukṣata daivyāyāḥ ||
English translation:
“You, Agni, have from old time opposed the Yātudhāna; the rākṣasas have never overcome you inbattles; burn murderous flesh-eating (rākṣasas) one by one; let them not escape your divine weapon”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pāyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒नात् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । मृ॒ण॒सि॒ । या॒तु॒ऽधाना॑न् । न । त्वा॒ । रक्षां॑सि । पृत॑नासु । जि॒ग्युः॒ । अनु॑ । द॒ह॒ । स॒हऽमू॑रान् । क्र॒व्य॒ऽअदः॑ । मा । ते॒ । हे॒त्याः । मु॒क्ष॒त॒ । दैव्या॑याः ॥
सनात् । अग्ने । मृणसि । यातुधानान् । न । त्वा । रक्षांसि । पृतनासु । जिग्युः । अनु । दह । सहमूरान् । क्रव्यअदः । मा । ते । हेत्याः । मुक्षत । दैव्यायाः ॥
sanāt | agne | mṛṇasi | yātu-dhānān | na | tvā | rakṣāṃsi | pṛtanāsu | jigyuḥ | anu | daha | saha-mūrān | kravya-adaḥ | mā | te | hetyāḥ | mukṣata | daivyāyāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.87.19 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“crush; destroy.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“sorcerer; Rākṣasa; Yātudhāna; rākṣasavaktravant.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“army; battle; pṛtanā [word]; pṛtanā.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“burn; cauterize; heat; burn; burn; burn; roast; blaze; burn; distress; destroy.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“carnivore.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“projectile; heti [word].”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“divine; divine; celestial.”