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 10.118.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अदा॑भ्येन शो॒चिषाग्ने॒ रक्ष॒स्त्वं द॑ह । गो॒पा ऋ॒तस्य॑ दीदिहि ॥
अदाभ्येन शोचिषाग्ने रक्षस्त्वं दह । गोपा ऋतस्य दीदिहि ॥
adābhyena śociṣāgne rakṣas tvaṃ daha | gopā ṛtasya dīdihi ||
English translation:
“With your indestructible flame, Agni, do you consume the Rākṣasas; shine, the defender of thesacrifice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): urukṣaya āmahīyavaḥ [urukṣaya āmahīyava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnī rakṣohā;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अदा॑भ्येन । शो॒चिषा॑ । अग्ने॑ । रक्षः॑ । त्वम् । द॒ह॒ । गो॒पाः । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । दी॒दि॒हि॒ ॥
अदाभ्येन । शोचिषा । अग्ने । रक्षः । त्वम् । दह । गोपाः । ऋतस्य । दीदिहि ॥
adābhyena | śociṣā | agne | rakṣaḥ | tvam | daha | gopāḥ | ṛtasya | dīdihi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.118.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“trustworthy; disabused(p).”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“burn; cauterize; heat; burn; burn; burn; roast; blaze; burn; distress; destroy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“herder; defender.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“shine; glitter.”