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 8.18.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत्सु न॒: शर्म॑ यच्छ॒तादि॑त्या॒ यन्मुमो॑चति । एन॑स्वन्तं चि॒देन॑सः सुदानवः ॥
तत्सु नः शर्म यच्छतादित्या यन्मुमोचति । एनस्वन्तं चिदेनसः सुदानवः ॥
tat su naḥ śarma yacchatādityā yan mumocati | enasvantaṃ cid enasaḥ sudānavaḥ ||
English translation:
“Grant freely to us, genitive rous Ādityas, that happiness which liberates even the offending (worshipper)from sin.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत् । सु । नः॒ । शर्म॑ । य॒च्छ॒त॒ । आदि॑त्याः । यत् । मुमो॑चति । एन॑स्वन्तम् । चि॒त् । एन॑सः । सु॒ऽदा॒न॒वः॒ ॥
तत् । सु । नः । शर्म । यच्छत । आदित्याः । यत् । मुमोचति । एनस्वन्तम् । चित् । एनसः । सुदानवः ॥
tat | su | naḥ | śarma | yacchata | ādityāḥ | yat | mumocati | enasvantam | cit | enasaḥ | su-dānavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.18.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“supreme spirit; cit [word]; soul.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“sin; calamity; blame.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“big; lavish.”