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 1.68.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भज॑न्त॒ विश्वे॑ देव॒त्वं नाम॑ ऋ॒तं सप॑न्तो अ॒मृत॒मेवै॑: ॥
भजन्त विश्वे देवत्वं नाम ऋतं सपन्तो अमृतमेवैः ॥
bhajanta viśve devatvaṃ nāma ṛtaṃ sapanto amṛtam evaiḥ ||
English translation:
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भज॑न्त । विश्वे॑ । दे॒व॒ऽत्वम् । नाम॑ । ऋ॒तम् । सप॑न्तः । अ॒मृत॑म् । एवैः॑ ॥
भजन्त । विश्वे । देवत्वम् । नाम । ऋतम् । सपन्तः । अमृतम् । एवैः ॥
bhajanta | viśve | deva-tvam | nāma | ṛtam | sapantaḥ | amṛtam | evaiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.68.4 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”