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 10.187.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्राग्नये॒ वाच॑मीरय वृष॒भाय॑ क्षिती॒नाम् । स न॑: पर्ष॒दति॒ द्विष॑: ॥
प्राग्नये वाचमीरय वृषभाय क्षितीनाम् । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥
prāgnaye vācam īraya vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām | sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ ||
English translation:
“Raise the hymn to Agni, the benefactor of mankind; may he bear us (safe) beyond (the reach of) thosewho hate us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsa āgneyaḥ [vatsa āgneya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । अ॒ग्नये॑ । वाच॑म् । ई॒र॒य॒ । वृ॒ष॒भाय॑ । क्षि॒ती॒नाम् । सः । नः॒ । प॒र्ष॒त् । अति॑ । द्विषः॑ ॥
प्र । अग्नये । वाचम् । ईरय । वृषभाय । क्षितीनाम् । सः । नः । पर्षत् । अति । द्विषः ॥
pra | agnaye | vācam | īraya | vṛṣabhāya | kṣitīnām | saḥ | naḥ | parṣat | ati | dv iṣaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.187.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“name; describe; propel; shoot; state; call; raise; expel; tell; enumerate.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī; people; dwelling; battlefield; Earth; estate; colony; house.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“protect; promote; rescue; help.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“hostile; hating.”