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 4.31.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न॒हि ष्मा॑ ते श॒तं च॒न राधो॒ वर॑न्त आ॒मुर॑: । न च्यौ॒त्नानि॑ करिष्य॒तः ॥
नहि ष्मा ते शतं चन राधो वरन्त आमुरः । न च्यौत्नानि करिष्यतः ॥
nahi ṣmā te śataṃ cana rādho varanta āmuraḥ | na cyautnāni kariṣyataḥ ||

English translation:

“Adversaries diminish not your hundred-fold opulence nor resist the energies of you opposing (them).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न॒हि । स्म॒ । ते॒ । श॒तम् । च॒न । राधः॑ । वर॑न्ते । आ॒ऽमुरः॑ । न । च्यौ॒त्नानि॑ । क॒रि॒ष्य॒तः ॥
नहि । स्म । ते । शतम् । चन । राधः । वरन्ते । आमुरः । न । च्यौत्नानि । करिष्यतः ॥
nahi | sma | te | śatam | cana | rādhaḥ | varante | āmuraḥ | na | cyautnāni | kariṣyataḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.31.9 English analysis of grammar]

nahi < na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

nahi < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

ṣmā < sma

[adverb]

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

śataṃ < śatam < śata

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

cana

[adverb]

“not even; cana [word].”

rādho < rādhaḥ < rādhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

varanta < varante < vṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”

āmuraḥ < āmur

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

cyautnāni < cyautna

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

kariṣyataḥ < kṛ

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

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