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 10.187.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो रक्षां॑सि नि॒जूर्व॑ति॒ वृषा॑ शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॑ । स न॑: पर्ष॒दति॒ द्विष॑: ॥
यो रक्षांसि निजूर्वति वृषा शुक्रेण शोचिषा । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥
yo rakṣāṃsi nijūrvati vṛṣā śukreṇa śociṣā | sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ ||
English translation:
“May (Agni), the showerer of benefits, who, his pure radiance destroys the rākṣasas, bear us (safe)beyond (the reach of) those who hate us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsa āgneyaḥ [vatsa āgneya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । रक्षां॑सि । नि॒ऽजूर्व॑ति । वृषा॑ । शु॒क्रेण॑ । शो॒चिषा॑ । सः । नः॒ । प॒र्ष॒त् । अति॑ । द्विषः॑ ॥
यः । रक्षांसि । निजूर्वति । वृषा । शुक्रेण । शोचिषा । सः । नः । पर्षत् । अति । द्विषः ॥
yaḥ | rakṣāṃsi | ni-jūrvati | vṛṣā | śukreṇa | śociṣā | saḥ | naḥ | parṣat | ati | dvi ṣaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.187.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“burn.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“bull; vṛṣa [word]; vṛṣ; Justicia gendarussa Burm.F.; bull; Taurus; bull.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“fire; flare; burn; radiance.”
[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.”