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 10.187.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यो अ॒स्य पा॒रे रज॑सः शु॒क्रो अ॒ग्निरजा॑यत । स न॑: पर्ष॒दति॒ द्विष॑: ॥
यो अस्य पारे रजसः शुक्रो अग्निरजायत । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥
yo asya pāre rajasaḥ śukro agnir ajāyata | sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ ||

English translation:

“The Agni that appears in the celestial sphere above us in the form of illumined light, should protect usfrom all kinds of sorrows and troubles.”

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 । अ॒स्य । पा॒रे । रज॑सः । शु॒क्रः । अ॒ग्निः । अजा॑यत । सः । नः॒ । प॒र्ष॒त् । अति॑ । द्विषः॑ ॥
यः । अस्य । पारे । रजसः । शुक्रः । अग्निः । अजायत । सः । नः । पर्षत् । अति । द्विषः ॥
yaḥ | asya | pāre | rajasaḥ | śukraḥ | agniḥ | ajāyata | saḥ | naḥ | parṣat | at i | dviṣaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.187.5 English analysis of grammar]

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

pāre < pāra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“shore; pāra [word]; end; excellence.”

rajasaḥ < rajas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”

śukro < śukraḥ < śukra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”

agnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

ajāyata < jan

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

sa < tad

[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.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

parṣad < parṣat < pṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“protect; promote; rescue; help.”

ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

dviṣaḥ < dviṣ

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“hostile; hating.”

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