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 8.73.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
किमि॒दं वां॑ पुराण॒वज्जर॑तोरिव शस्यते । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
किमिदं वां पुराणवज्जरतोरिव शस्यते । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
kim idaṃ vām purāṇavaj jarator iva śasyate | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||
English translation:
“Why is this (repeated invocation) addressed to you as if you were decrepit like old men? Let yourprotection abide near me.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
As if you were decrepit: as we see in the world that an old ma does not come, thoughoften called, so too is it with you
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
किम् । इ॒दम् । वा॒म् । पु॒रा॒ण॒ऽवत् । जर॑तोःऽइव । श॒स्य॒ते॒ । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
किम् । इदम् । वाम् । पुराणवत् । जरतोःइव । शस्यते । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
kim | idam | vām | purāṇa-vat | jaratoḥ-iva | śasyate | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.73.11 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“why; ka [pronoun]; if; how.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun]
“age-old; stale; old; old; traditional; aged.”
[adverb]
“equally; like.”
[verb noun], genitive, dual
“jṛ; digest; age; cook; boil down; decay; decay; ripen.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”
[adverb]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”