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 8.68.19

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न यु॒ष्मे वा॑जबन्धवो निनि॒त्सुश्च॒न मर्त्य॑: । अ॒व॒द्यमधि॑ दीधरत् ॥
न युष्मे वाजबन्धवो निनित्सुश्चन मर्त्यः । अवद्यमधि दीधरत् ॥
na yuṣme vājabandhavo ninitsuś cana martyaḥ | avadyam adhi dīdharat ||

English translation:

“O princes, givers of food, even the lover of calumny has thrown no censure on you.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न । यु॒ष्मे इति॑ । वा॒ज॒ऽब॒न्ध॒वः॒ । नि॒नि॒त्सुः । च॒न । मर्त्यः॑ । अ॒व॒द्यम् । अधि॑ । दी॒ध॒र॒त् ॥
न । युष्मे इति । वाजबन्धवः । निनित्सुः । चन । मर्त्यः । अवद्यम् । अधि । दीधरत् ॥
na | yuṣme iti | vāja-bandhavaḥ | ninitsuḥ | cana | martyaḥ | avadyam | adhi | dīdharat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.68.19 English analysis of grammar]

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

yuṣme < tvad

[noun], dative, plural

“you.”

vājabandhavo < vāja

[noun], masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

vājabandhavo < bandhavaḥ < bandhu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“relative; bandhu [word]; association; friend; kin.”

ninitsuś < ninitsuḥ < ninitsu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

cana

[adverb]

“not even; cana [word].”

martyaḥ < martya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

avadyam < avadya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“blameworthy; avadya [word].”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

dīdharat < dhṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”

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