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 1.41.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा वो॒ घ्नन्तं॒ मा शप॑न्तं॒ प्रति॑ वोचे देव॒यन्त॑म् । सु॒म्नैरिद्व॒ आ वि॑वासे ॥
मा वो घ्नन्तं मा शपन्तं प्रति वोचे देवयन्तम् । सुम्नैरिद्व आ विवासे ॥
mā vo ghnantam mā śapantam prati voce devayantam | sumnair id va ā vivāse ||
English translation:
“I do not denounce to you him who assails or reviles the man devoted to the gods. I rather propitiate you with offered wealth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇamitrāryamaṇaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मा । वः॒ । घ्नन्त॑म् । मा । शप॑न्तम् । प्रति॑ । वो॒चे॒ । दे॒व॒ऽयन्त॑म् । सु॒म्नैः । इत् । वः॒ । आ । वि॒वा॒से॒ ॥
मा । वः । घ्नन्तम् । मा । शपन्तम् । प्रति । वोचे । देवयन्तम् । सुम्नैः । इत् । वः । आ । विवासे ॥
mā | vaḥ | ghnantam | mā | śapantam | prati | voce | deva-yantam | sumnaiḥ | it | vaḥ | ā | vivāse
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.41.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“curse; swear; affirm; promise.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“solicit.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“invite; endeavor; try for.”