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 8.67.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शश्व॑न्तं॒ हि प्र॑चेतसः प्रति॒यन्तं॑ चि॒देन॑सः । देवा॑: कृणु॒थ जी॒वसे॑ ॥
शश्वन्तं हि प्रचेतसः प्रतियन्तं चिदेनसः । देवाः कृणुथ जीवसे ॥
śaśvantaṃ hi pracetasaḥ pratiyantaṃ cid enasaḥ | devāḥ kṛṇutha jīvase ||
English translation:
“Wise deities, keep away from us, that we may live, the many doers of sin who come against us.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
O wisedeities, you help to life many a one who turns from sin
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): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शश्व॑न्तम् । हि । प्र॒ऽचे॒त॒सः॒ । प्र॒ति॒ऽयन्त॑म् । चि॒त् । एन॑सः । देवाः॑ । कृ॒णु॒थ । जी॒वसे॑ ॥
शश्वन्तम् । हि । प्रचेतसः । प्रतियन्तम् । चित् । एनसः । देवाः । कृणुथ । जीवसे ॥
śaśvantam | hi | pra-cetasaḥ | prati-yantam | cit | enasaḥ | devāḥ | kṛṇutha | jīvase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.67.17 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“all(a).”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“intelligent; mindful; attentive; wise; apt; observant.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“be known; return.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“sin; calamity; blame.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“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 noun]
“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”