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 10.163.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ग्री॒वाभ्य॑स्त उ॒ष्णिहा॑भ्य॒: कीक॑साभ्यो अनू॒क्या॑त् । यक्ष्मं॑ दोष॒ण्य१॒॑मंसा॑भ्यां बा॒हुभ्यां॒ वि वृ॑हामि ते ॥
ग्रीवाभ्यस्त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात् । यक्ष्मं दोषण्यमंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते ॥
grīvābhyas ta uṣṇihābhyaḥ kīkasābhyo anūkyāt | yakṣmaṃ doṣaṇyam aṃsābhyām bāhubhyāṃ vi vṛhāmi te ||

English translation:

“I banish disease from your neck, from your sinews, from your bones, from your joints, from your upperarms, from your shoulders, and from your fore- arms.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vivṛhā kāśyapaḥ [vivṛhā kāśyapa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): yakṣmaghnam ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ग्री॒वाभ्यः॑ । ते॒ । उ॒ष्णिहा॑भ्यः । कीक॑साभ्यः । अ॒नू॒क्या॑त् । यक्ष्म॑म् । दो॒ष॒ण्य॑म् । अंसा॑भ्याम् । बा॒हुऽभ्याम् । वि । वृ॒हा॒मि॒ । ते॒ ॥
ग्रीवाभ्यः । ते । उष्णिहाभ्यः । कीकसाभ्यः । अनूक्यात् । यक्ष्मम् । दोषण्यम् । अंसाभ्याम् । बाहुभ्याम् । वि । वृहामि । ते ॥
grīvābhyaḥ | te | uṣṇihābhyaḥ | kīkasābhyaḥ | anūkyāt | yakṣmam | doṣaṇyam | aṃsābhyām | bāhu-bhyām | vi | vṛhāmi | te

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.163.2 English analysis of grammar]

grīvābhyas < grīvābhyaḥ < grīvā

[noun], ablative, plural, feminine

“neck; grīvā [word].”

ta < te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

uṣṇihābhyaḥ < uṣṇihā

[noun], ablative, plural, feminine

“Uṣṇih; nape.”

kīkasābhyo < kīkasābhyaḥ < kīkasā

[noun], ablative, plural, feminine

“vertebra.”

anūkyāt < anūkya

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“spinal column.”

yakṣmaṃ < yakṣmam < yakṣma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“tuberculosis; disease; pulmonary tuberculosis.”

doṣaṇyam < doṣaṇya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

aṃsābhyām < aṃsa

[noun], ablative, dual, masculine

“shoulder; aṃsa [word].”

bāhubhyāṃ < bāhubhyām < bāhu

[noun], ablative, dual, masculine

“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

vṛhāmi < vṛh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“extract.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

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