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 1.18.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्मा॑दृ॒ते न सिध्य॑ति य॒ज्ञो वि॑प॒श्चित॑श्च॒न । स धी॒नां योग॑मिन्वति ॥
यस्मादृते न सिध्यति यज्ञो विपश्चितश्चन । स धीनां योगमिन्वति ॥
yasmād ṛte na sidhyati yajño vipaścitaś cana | sa dhīnāṃ yogam invati ||

English translation:

“Without whose aid the sacrifice even of the wise is not perfected; he pervades the association of our thoughts (or, the object of our pious acts; dhī = buddhi, understanding or karma).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sadasaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्मा॑त् । ऋ॒ते । न । सिध्य॑ति । य॒ज्ञः । वि॒पः॒ऽचितः॑ । च॒न । सः । धी॒नाम् । योग॑म् । इ॒न्व॒ति॒ ॥
यस्मात् । ऋते । न । सिध्यति । यज्ञः । विपःचितः । चन । सः । धीनाम् । योगम् । इन्वति ॥
yasmāt | ṛte | na | sidhyati | yajñaḥ | vipaḥ-citaḥ | cana | saḥ | dhīnām | yogam | invati

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.18.7 English analysis of grammar]

yasmād < yasmāt < yad

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ṛte

[adverb]

“without; ṛte [word].”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

sidhyati < sidh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“prepare; prepare; succeed; heal; perfect; be known; compound; achieve; prove.”

yajño < yajñaḥ < yajña

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

vipaścitaś < vipaścitaḥ < vipaścit

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“wise; expert.”

cana

[adverb]

“not even; cana [word].”

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.”

dhīnāṃ < dhīnām < dhī

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

yogam < yoga

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“method; application; yoga; remedy; mix; treatment; mixture; procedure; contact; use; yogin; connection; application; union; magic trick; formulation; fraud; relation; sense; connection; war; therapy; enterprise; addition; undertaking; performance; marriage; yoke; yoga [word]; art; combination; assortment; confluence; constellation; relationship; connection; agent; means.”

invati < inv

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“bring; drive.”

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