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 10.165.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हे॒तिः प॒क्षिणी॒ न द॑भात्य॒स्माना॒ष्ट्र्यां प॒दं कृ॑णुते अग्नि॒धाने॑ । शं नो॒ गोभ्य॑श्च॒ पुरु॑षेभ्यश्चास्तु॒ मा नो॑ हिंसीदि॒ह दे॑वाः क॒पोत॑: ॥
हेतिः पक्षिणी न दभात्यस्मानाष्ट्र्यां पदं कृणुते अग्निधाने । शं नो गोभ्यश्च पुरुषेभ्यश्चास्तु मा नो हिंसीदिह देवाः कपोतः ॥
hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhāty asmān āṣṭryām padaṃ kṛṇute agnidhāne | śaṃ no gobhyaś ca puruṣebhyaś cāstu mā no hiṃsīd iha devāḥ kapotaḥ ||

English translation:

“May the winged weapon (of mischief) do us no harm; he takes his plural ce upon the touchwood, the seatof Agni; may prosperity attend our cattle and our people, let not the pigeon, gods, do us harm in this (dwelling).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kapoto nairṛtaḥ [kapota nairṛta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): kapotāpahatauprāyaścittaṃ vaiśvadevam ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हे॒तिः । प॒क्षिणी॑ । न । द॒भा॒ति॒ । अ॒स्मान् । आ॒ष्ट्र्याम् । प॒दम् । कृ॒णु॒ते॒ । अ॒ग्नि॒ऽधाने॑ । शम् । नः॒ । गोभ्यः॑ । च॒ । पुरु॑षेभ्यः । च॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । मा । नः॒ । हिं॒सी॒त् । इ॒ह । दे॒वाः॒ । क॒पोतः॑ ॥
हेतिः । पक्षिणी । न । दभाति । अस्मान् । आष्ट्र्याम् । पदम् । कृणुते । अग्निधाने । शम् । नः । गोभ्यः । च । पुरुषेभ्यः । च । अस्तु । मा । नः । हिंसीत् । इह । देवाः । कपोतः ॥
hetiḥ | pakṣiṇī | na | dabhāti | asmān | āṣṭryām | padam | kṛṇute | agni-dhāne | śam | naḥ | gobhyaḥ | ca | puruṣebhyaḥ | ca | astu | mā | naḥ | hiṃsīt | iha | devāḥ | kapotaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.165.3 English analysis of grammar]

hetiḥ < heti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“projectile; heti [word].”

pakṣiṇī < pakṣin

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“winged.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

dabhāty < dabhāti < dabh

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

asmān < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

āṣṭryām < āṣṭrī

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

padaṃ < padam < pada

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”

kṛṇute < kṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

agnidhāne < agnidhāna

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

śaṃ < śam

[adverb]

“śam [word].”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

gobhyaś < gobhyaḥ < go

[noun], dative, plural

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

puruṣebhyaś < puruṣebhyaḥ < puruṣa

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

“man; man; Puruṣa; puṃvajra; puruṣa; servant; puruṣa [word]; assistant; soldier; soul; commoner; generation; people; doll.”

cāstu < ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

cāstu < astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

[adverb]

“not.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

hiṃsīd < hiṃsīt < hiṃs

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“injure; kill; remove; harm; cure; damage.”

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

devāḥ < deva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

kapotaḥ < kapota

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“dove; kapotapuṭa; pigeon; sauvīrāñjana; bird.”

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