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 8.68.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न यस्य॑ ते शवसान स॒ख्यमा॒नंश॒ मर्त्य॑: । नकि॒: शवां॑सि ते नशत् ॥
न यस्य ते शवसान सख्यमानंश मर्त्यः । नकिः शवांसि ते नशत् ॥
na yasya te śavasāna sakhyam ānaṃśa martyaḥ | nakiḥ śavāṃsi te naśat ||

English translation:

“You mighty one, whose friendship no mortal reaches, whose might no one attains.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न । यस्य॑ । ते॒ । श॒व॒सा॒न॒ । स॒ख्यम् । आ॒नंश॑ । मर्त्यः॑ । नकिः॑ । शवां॑सि । ते॒ । न॒श॒त् ॥
न । यस्य । ते । शवसान । सख्यम् । आनंश । मर्त्यः । नकिः । शवांसि । ते । नशत् ॥
na | yasya | te | śavasāna | sakhyam | ānaṃśa | martyaḥ | nakiḥ | śavāṃsi | te | naśat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.68.8 English analysis of grammar]

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

śavasāna

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“strong.”

sakhyam < sakhya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

ānaṃśa <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

martyaḥ < martya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

nakiḥ < nakir

[adverb]

“not.”

śavāṃsi < śavas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

naśat < naś

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“reach; achieve; enter (a state); reach.”

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