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 8.67.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये मू॒र्धान॑: क्षिती॒नामद॑ब्धास॒: स्वय॑शसः । व्र॒ता रक्ष॑न्ते अ॒द्रुह॑: ॥
ये मूर्धानः क्षितीनामदब्धासः स्वयशसः । व्रता रक्षन्ते अद्रुहः ॥
ye mūrdhānaḥ kṣitīnām adabdhāsaḥ svayaśasaḥ | vratā rakṣante adruhaḥ ||
English translation:
“You who are the heads of men, unharming, and of self-sustained glory, who, benevolent ones, protectour rites.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): matsyaḥ sāmmado mānyo vā maitrāvaruṇirbahavo vā matsyā jālanadhdāḥ [matsya sāmmada mānya vā maitrāvaruṇirbahava vā matsyā jālanadhdāḥ];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये । मू॒र्धानः॑ । क्षि॒ती॒नाम् । अद॑ब्धासः । स्वऽय॑शसः । व्र॒ता । रक्ष॑न्ते । अ॒द्रुहः॑ ॥
ये । मूर्धानः । क्षितीनाम् । अदब्धासः । स्वयशसः । व्रता । रक्षन्ते । अद्रुहः ॥
ye | mūrdhānaḥ | kṣitīnām | adabdhāsaḥ | sva-yaśasaḥ | vratā | rakṣante | adruhaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.67.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī; people; dwelling; battlefield; Earth; estate; colony; house.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“unfailing; unimpaired.”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“fame; Yaśas.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“friendly; benign.”