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 7.34.18
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त न॑ ए॒षु नृषु॒ श्रवो॑ धु॒: प्र रा॒ये य॑न्तु॒ शर्ध॑न्तो अ॒र्यः ॥
उत न एषु नृषु श्रवो धुः प्र राये यन्तु शर्धन्तो अर्यः ॥
uta na eṣu nṛṣu śravo dhuḥ pra rāye yantu śardhanto aryaḥ ||
English translation:
“May (the gods) bestow food upon our people; let foes contending for our riches perish.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttripādgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । नः॒ । ए॒षु । नृषु॑ । श्रवः॑ । धुः॒ । प्र । रा॒ये । य॒न्तु॒ । शर्ध॑न्तः । अ॒र्यः ॥
उत । नः । एषु । नृषु । श्रवः । धुः । प्र । राये । यन्तु । शर्धन्तः । अर्यः ॥
uta | naḥ | eṣu | nṛṣu | śravaḥ | dhuḥ | pra | rāye | yantu | śardhantaḥ | aryaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.34.18 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine