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 8.68.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒रु ण॑स्त॒न्वे॒३॒॑ तन॑ उ॒रु क्षया॑य नस्कृधि । उ॒रु णो॑ यन्धि जी॒वसे॑ ॥
उरु णस्तन्वे तन उरु क्षयाय नस्कृधि । उरु णो यन्धि जीवसे ॥
uru ṇas tanve tana uru kṣayāya nas kṛdhi | uru ṇo yandhi jīvase ||
English translation:
“Give ample (wealth) to our own selves, give ample (wealth) to our children, give ample (wealth) to ourdwelling, gran us (our desire) that we may live.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
To our own selves: tanve tane = ātmajāya tat putrāya; cf. RV6.46.12 and 7.104.10
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒रु । नः॒ । त॒न्वे॑ । तने॑ । उ॒रु । क्षया॑य । नः॒ । कृ॒धि॒ । उ॒रु । नः॒ । य॒न्धि॒ । जी॒वसे॑ ॥
उरु । नः । तन्वे । तने । उरु । क्षयाय । नः । कृधि । उरु । नः । यन्धि । जीवसे ॥
uru | naḥ | tanve | tane | uru | kṣayāya | naḥ | kṛdhi | uru | naḥ | yandhi | jīvase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.68.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“continuity; sequence; longevity.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“dwelling; house; kṣaya [word]; home; family.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[verb noun]
“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”