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 10.162.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब्रह्म॑णा॒ग्निः सं॑विदा॒नो र॑क्षो॒हा बा॑धतामि॒तः । अमी॑वा॒ यस्ते॒ गर्भं॑ दु॒र्णामा॒ योनि॑मा॒शये॑ ॥
ब्रह्मणाग्निः संविदानो रक्षोहा बाधतामितः । अमीवा यस्ते गर्भं दुर्णामा योनिमाशये ॥
brahmaṇāgniḥ saṃvidāno rakṣohā bādhatām itaḥ | amīvā yas te garbhaṃ durṇāmā yonim āśaye ||

English translation:

“May Agni, the destroyer of the rākṣasas, consenting to our prayer, drive hence (the evil spirit) who(in the form of) sickness assails your embryo, who, as the disease durṇāman, assails your womb.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Nirukta 6.12:durṇāman = a worm, disease, haemorrhoids

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rakṣohā brāhmaḥ [rakṣohā brāhma];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): garbhasaṃstrāve prāyaścittam ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब्रह्म॑णा । अ॒ग्निः । सा॒म्ऽवि॒दा॒नः । र॒क्षः॒ऽहा । बा॒ध॒ता॒म् । इ॒तः । अमी॑वा । यः । ते॒ । गर्भ॑म् । दुः॒ऽनामा॑ । योनि॑म् । आ॒शये॑ ॥
ब्रह्मणा । अग्निः । साम्विदानः । रक्षःहा । बाधताम् । इतः । अमीवा । यः । ते । गर्भम् । दुःनामा । योनिम् । आशये ॥
brahmaṇā | agniḥ | sām-vidānaḥ | rakṣaḥ-hā | bādhatām | itaḥ | amīvā | yaḥ | te | garbham | duḥ-nāmā | yonim | āśaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.162.1 English analysis of grammar]

brahmaṇāgniḥ < brahmaṇā < brahman

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

brahmaṇāgniḥ < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

saṃvidāno < saṃvidānaḥ < saṃvid < √vid

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“agree; know; match; recognize.”

rakṣohā < rakṣaḥ < rakṣas

[noun], neuter

“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”

rakṣohā < < han

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

bādhatām < bādh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“afflict; annoy; chase away; tease; grieve; irritate.”

itaḥ < itas

[adverb]

“from here; therefore.”

amīvā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“disease; affliction.”

yas < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

garbhaṃ < garbham < garbha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”

durṇāmā < durṇāman

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

yonim < yoni

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”

āśaye < āśī < √śī

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“lie; stay.”

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