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 10.162.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्त्वा॒ स्वप्ने॑न॒ तम॑सा मोहयि॒त्वा नि॒पद्य॑ते । प्र॒जां यस्ते॒ जिघां॑सति॒ तमि॒तो ना॑शयामसि ॥
यस्त्वा स्वप्नेन तमसा मोहयित्वा निपद्यते । प्रजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि ॥
yas tvā svapnena tamasā mohayitvā nipadyate | prajāṃ yas te jighāṃsati tam ito nāśayāmasi ||
English translation:
“May we exterminate from hence (the evil spirit), who, having beguiled you by sleep or darkness,approaches you, and seeks to destroy your offspring.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rakṣohā brāhmaḥ [rakṣohā brāhma];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): garbhasaṃstrāve prāyaścittam ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । त्वा॒ । स्वप्ने॑न । तम॑सा । मो॒ह॒यि॒त्वा । नि॒ऽपद्य॑ते । प्र॒ऽजाम् । यः । ते॒ । जिघां॑सति । तम् । इ॒तः । ना॒श॒या॒म॒सि॒ ॥
यः । त्वा । स्वप्नेन । तमसा । मोहयित्वा । निपद्यते । प्रजाम् । यः । ते । जिघांसति । तम् । इतः । नाशयामसि ॥
yaḥ | tvā | svapnena | tamasā | mohayitvā | ni-padyate | pra-jām | yaḥ | te | ji ghāṃsati | tam | itaḥ | nāśayāmasi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.162.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“dream; sleep.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[verb noun]
“confuse; bewilder.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“people; offspring; being; national; man; prajā [word]; creature; child; descendants; population; race; animal.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“kill.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“from here; therefore.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“cure; destroy; kill; remove; māray; obstruct; expiate; eliminate.”