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 8.19.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तस्येदर्व॑न्तो रंहयन्त आ॒शव॒स्तस्य॑ द्यु॒म्नित॑मं॒ यश॑: । न तमंहो॑ दे॒वकृ॑तं॒ कुत॑श्च॒न न मर्त्य॑कृतं नशत् ॥
तस्येदर्वन्तो रंहयन्त आशवस्तस्य द्युम्नितमं यशः । न तमंहो देवकृतं कुतश्चन न मर्त्यकृतं नशत् ॥
tasyed arvanto raṃhayanta āśavas tasya dyumnitamaṃ yaśaḥ | na tam aṃho devakṛtaṃ kutaś cana na martyakṛtaṃ naśat ||
English translation:
“Of him assuredly the rapid horses rush (on the foe); his is most brilliant glory; him no evil, whether thework of gods or of men, ever assails.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तस्य॑ । इत् । अर्व॑न्तः । रं॒ह॒य॒न्ते॒ । आ॒शवः॑ । तस्य॑ । द्यु॒म्निऽत॑मम् । यशः॑ । न । तम् । अंहः॑ । दे॒वऽकृ॑तम् । कुतः॑ । च॒न । न । मर्त्य॑ऽकृतम् । न॒श॒त् ॥
तस्य । इत् । अर्वन्तः । रंहयन्ते । आशवः । तस्य । द्युम्नितमम् । यशः । न । तम् । अंहः । देवकृतम् । कुतः । चन । न । मर्त्यकृतम् । नशत् ॥
tasya | it | arvantaḥ | raṃhayante | āśavaḥ | tasya | dyumni-tamam | yaśaḥ | na | tam | aṃhaḥ | deva-kṛtam | kutaḥ | cana | na | martya-kṛtam | naśat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.19.6 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“rush; rush.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“fame; Yaśas.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, 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], nominative, singular, neuter
“trouble; sin.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, 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.”
[adverb]
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”
[verb noun], nominative, 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.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“reach; achieve; enter (a state); reach.”