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 1.114.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा नो॑ म॒हान्त॑मु॒त मा नो॑ अर्भ॒कं मा न॒ उक्ष॑न्तमु॒त मा न॑ उक्षि॒तम् । मा नो॑ वधीः पि॒तरं॒ मोत मा॒तरं॒ मा न॑: प्रि॒यास्त॒न्वो॑ रुद्र रीरिषः ॥
मा नो महान्तमुत मा नो अर्भकं मा न उक्षन्तमुत मा न उक्षितम् । मा नो वधीः पितरं मोत मातरं मा नः प्रियास्तन्वो रुद्र रीरिषः ॥
mā no mahāntam uta mā no arbhakam mā na ukṣantam uta mā na ukṣitam | mā no vadhīḥ pitaram mota mātaram mā naḥ priyās tanvo rudra rīriṣaḥ ||

English translation:

“Injure not, Rudra, those amongst us who are old or young, who are capable of begetting, or who are begotten, nor a father, nor a mother, nor afflict our precious person ns.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rudraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा । नः॒ । म॒हान्त॑म् । उ॒त । मा । नः॒ । अ॒र्भ॒कम् । मा । नः॒ । उक्ष॑न्तम् । उ॒त । मा । नः॒ । उ॒क्षि॒तम् । मा । नः॒ । व॒धीः॒ । पि॒तर॑म् । मा । उ॒त । मा॒तर॑म् । मा । नः॒ । प्रि॒याः । त॒न्वः॑ । रु॒द्र॒ । रि॒रि॒षः॒ ॥
मा । नः । महान्तम् । उत । मा । नः । अर्भकम् । मा । नः । उक्षन्तम् । उत । मा । नः । उक्षितम् । मा । नः । वधीः । पितरम् । मा । उत । मातरम् । मा । नः । प्रियाः । तन्वः । रुद्र । रिरिषः ॥
mā | naḥ | mahāntam | uta | mā | naḥ | arbhakam | mā | naḥ | ukṣantam | uta | mā | naḥ | ukṣitam | mā | naḥ | vadhīḥ | pitaram | mā | uta | mātaram | mā | naḥ | priyāḥ | tanvaḥ | rudra | ririṣaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.114.7 English analysis of grammar]

[adverb]

“not.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

mahāntam < mahat

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

[adverb]

“not.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

arbhakam < arbhaka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“humble; weak.”

[adverb]

“not.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

ukṣantam < vakṣ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“grow; grow.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

[adverb]

“not.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

ukṣitam < vakṣ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“grow; grow.”

[adverb]

“not.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

vadhīḥ < vadh

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

“kill; assail; kick; māray; destroy; beat.”

pitaram < pitṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

mota <

[adverb]

“not.”

mota < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

mātaram < mātṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

[adverb]

“not.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

priyās < priyāḥ < priya

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

tanvo < tanvaḥ < tanū

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

rudra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”

rīriṣaḥ < riṣ

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

“suffer; harm.”

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