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 8.30.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न॒हि वो॒ अस्त्य॑र्भ॒को देवा॑सो॒ न कु॑मार॒कः । विश्वे॑ स॒तोम॑हान्त॒ इत् ॥
नहि वो अस्त्यर्भको देवासो न कुमारकः । विश्वे सतोमहान्त इत् ॥
nahi vo asty arbhako devāso na kumārakaḥ | viśve satomahānta it ||
English translation:
“There is no one among you, gods, who is an infant or a youth; you verily are all of mature existence.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Allof mature existence: sato mahāntaḥ = sarvasmād vidyamānāt pṛthivyām api ye mahāntas tesatomahānta iti ucyante, liṭ, greather than all that is
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): manurvaivasvataḥ [manurvaivasvata];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न॒हि । वः॒ । अस्ति॑ । अ॒र्भ॒कः । देवा॑सः । न । कु॒मार॒कः । विश्वे॑ । स॒तःऽम॑हान्तः । इत् ॥
नहि । वः । अस्ति । अर्भकः । देवासः । न । कुमारकः । विश्वे । सतःमहान्तः । इत् ॥
nahi | vaḥ | asti | arbhakaḥ | devāsaḥ | na | kumārakaḥ | viśve | sataḥ-mahāntaḥ | it
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.30.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“humble; weak.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“kumārabandha; child.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”