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 8.18.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो न॒: कश्चि॒द्रिरि॑क्षति रक्ष॒स्त्वेन॒ मर्त्य॑: । स्वैः ष एवै॑ रिरिषीष्ट॒ युर्जन॑: ॥
यो नः कश्चिद्रिरिक्षति रक्षस्त्वेन मर्त्यः । स्वैः ष एवै रिरिषीष्ट युर्जनः ॥
yo naḥ kaś cid ririkṣati rakṣastvena martyaḥ | svaiḥ ṣa evai ririṣīṣṭa yur janaḥ ||
English translation:
“May that man who, from his diabolical nature seeks to do us evil-- may he, injuring himself by his owndevices, incu that evil.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । नः॒ । कः । चि॒त् । रिरि॑क्षति । र॒क्षः॒ऽत्वेन॑ । मर्त्यः॑ । स्वैः । सः । एवैः॑ । रि॒रि॒षी॒ष्ट॒ । युः । जनः॑ ॥
यः । नः । कः । चित् । रिरिक्षति । रक्षःत्वेन । मर्त्यः । स्वैः । सः । एवैः । रिरिषीष्ट । युः । जनः ॥
yaḥ | naḥ | kaḥ | cit | ririkṣati | rakṣaḥ-tvena | martyaḥ | svaiḥ | saḥ | evaiḥ | ririṣīṣṭa | yuḥ | janaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.18.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“any(a); some(a); some(a); some(a); some(a).”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”
[verb], singular, Prekativ
“suffer; harm.”
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“_”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”