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 8.7.18
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
येना॒व तु॒र्वशं॒ यदुं॒ येन॒ कण्वं॑ धन॒स्पृत॑म् । रा॒ये सु तस्य॑ धीमहि ॥
येनाव तुर्वशं यदुं येन कण्वं धनस्पृतम् । राये सु तस्य धीमहि ॥
yenāva turvaśaṃ yaduṃ yena kaṇvaṃ dhanaspṛtam | rāye su tasya dhīmahi ||
English translation:
“We meditate on that (genitive rosity) whereby for (the sake of granting them) riches you have protectedTurvaśa and Yadu and the wealth-desiring Kaṇva.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): punarvatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [punarvatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
येन॑ । आ॒व । तु॒र्वश॑म् । येन॑ । कण्व॑म् । ध॒न॒ऽस्पृत॑म् । रा॒ये । सु । तस्य॑ । धी॒म॒हि॒ ॥
येन । आव । तुर्वशम् । येन । कण्वम् । धनस्पृतम् । राये । सु । तस्य । धीमहि ॥
yena | āva | turvaśam | yena | kaṇvam | dhana-spṛtam | rāye | su | tasya | dhīmahi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.7.18 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Yadu; Yadu.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[noun], neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“victorious; protecting.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”