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 10.127.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या॒वया॑ वृ॒क्यं१॒॑ वृकं॑ य॒वय॑ स्ते॒नमू॑र्म्ये । अथा॑ नः सु॒तरा॑ भव ॥
यावया वृक्यं वृकं यवय स्तेनमूर्म्ये । अथा नः सुतरा भव ॥
yāvayā vṛkyaṃ vṛkaṃ yavaya stenam ūrmye | athā naḥ sutarā bhava ||

English translation:

“Keep off, O Ūrmya, the she-wolf, keep off the wolf and the robber, and be safely passed by us.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kuśikaḥ saubharo, rātrirvā bhāradvājī [kuśika saubharo, rātrirvā bhāradvājī];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rātristavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒वय॑ । वृ॒क्य॑म् । वृक॑म् । य॒वय॑ । स्ते॒नम् । ऊ॒र्म्ये॒ । अथ॑ । नः॒ । सु॒ऽतरा॑ । भ॒व॒ ॥
यवय । वृक्यम् । वृकम् । यवय । स्तेनम् । ऊर्म्ये । अथ । नः । सुतरा । भव ॥
yavaya | vṛkyam | vṛkam | yavaya | stenam | ūrmye | atha | naḥ | su-tarā | bhava

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.127.6 English analysis of grammar]

yāvayā < yāvaya < yāvay < √yu

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“keep away.”

vṛkyaṃ < vṛkyam < vṛkī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“wolf.”

vṛkaṃ < vṛkam < vṛka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wolf; Vṛka; vṛka [word]; Vṛka.”

yavaya < yavay < √yu

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“keep away; ward off.”

stenam < stena

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“thief; stena [word].”

ūrmye < ūrmyā

[noun], vocative, singular, feminine

“night.”

athā < atha

[adverb]

“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

sutarā < sutara

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“passable.”

bhava < bhū

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

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