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 10.121.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा नो॑ हिंसीज्जनि॒ता यः पृ॑थि॒व्या यो वा॒ दिवं॑ स॒त्यध॑र्मा ज॒जान॑ । यश्चा॒पश्च॒न्द्रा बृ॑ह॒तीर्ज॒जान॒ कस्मै॑ दे॒वाय॑ ह॒विषा॑ विधेम ॥
मा नो हिंसीज्जनिता यः पृथिव्या यो वा दिवं सत्यधर्मा जजान । यश्चापश्चन्द्रा बृहतीर्जजान कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥
mā no hiṃsīj janitā yaḥ pṛthivyā yo vā divaṃ satyadharmā jajāna | yaś cāpaś candrā bṛhatīr jajāna kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||
English translation:
“May he do us no harm who is the parent of the earth, or who the unerring support (of the world) begatthe heaven, and who genitive rated the vast and delightful waters -- let us offer worship with an oblation to the divineKa.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Who genitive rated: Yajus. 12.102: bṛhatī = prathamaḥ, who first begat the delightful (āhlādikaḥ) water;
Waters = men: manuṣya vā apaścandraḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyagarbhaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [hiraṇyagarbha prājāpatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): kaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा । नः॒ । हिं॒सी॒त् । ज॒नि॒ता । यः । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । यः । वा॒ । दिव॑म् । स॒त्यऽध॑र्मा । ज॒जान॑ । यः । च॒ । अ॒पः । च॒न्द्राः । बृ॒ह॒तीः । ज॒जान॑ । कस्मै॑ । दे॒वाय॑ । ह॒विषा॑ । वि॒धे॒म॒ ॥
मा । नः । हिंसीत् । जनिता । यः । पृथिव्याः । यः । वा । दिवम् । सत्यधर्मा । जजान । यः । च । अपः । चन्द्राः । बृहतीः । जजान । कस्मै । देवाय । हविषा । विधेम ॥
mā | naḥ | hiṃsīt | janitā | yaḥ | pṛthivyāḥ | yaḥ | vā | divam | satya-dharmā | jajāna | yaḥ | ca | apaḥ | candrāḥ | bṛhatīḥ | jajāna | kasmai | devāya | haviṣā | vidhema
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.121.9 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“injure; kill; remove; harm; cure; damage.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; janitṛ [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun]
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“aglitter(p); shining.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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], dative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“worship; offer.”