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 10.18.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उत्ते॑ स्तभ्नामि पृथि॒वीं त्वत्परी॒मं लो॒गं नि॒दध॒न्मो अ॒हं रि॑षम् । ए॒तां स्थूणां॑ पि॒तरो॑ धारयन्तु॒ तेऽत्रा॑ य॒मः साद॑ना ते मिनोतु ॥
उत्ते स्तभ्नामि पृथिवीं त्वत्परीमं लोगं निदधन्मो अहं रिषम् । एतां स्थूणां पितरो धारयन्तु तेऽत्रा यमः सादना ते मिनोतु ॥
ut te stabhnāmi pṛthivīṃ tvat parīmaṃ logaṃ nidadhan mo ahaṃ riṣam | etāṃ sthūṇām pitaro dhārayantu te 'trā yamaḥ sādanā te minotu ||
English translation:
“May they come back to me and be fostered under this (their) protector; do you Agni, keep them here;may whatever wealth (there is) remain here.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saṅkusuko yāmāyanaḥ [saṅkusuka yāmāyana];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pitṛmedhaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उत् । ते॒ । स्त॒भ्ना॒मि॒ । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । त्वत् । परि॑ । इ॒मम् । लो॒गम् । नि॒ऽदध॑त् । मो इति॑ । अ॒हम् । रि॒ष॒म् । ए॒ताम् । स्थूणा॑म् । पि॒तरः॑ । धा॒र॒य॒न्तु॒ । ते । अत्र॑ । य॒मः । सद॑ना । ते॒ । मि॒नो॒तु॒ ॥
उत् । ते । स्तभ्नामि । पृथिवीम् । त्वत् । परि । इमम् । लोगम् । निदधत् । मो इति । अहम् । रिषम् । एताम् । स्थूणाम् । पितरः । धारयन्तु । ते । अत्र । यमः । सदना । ते । मिनोतु ॥
ut | te | stabhnāmi | pṛthivīm | tvat | pari | imam | logam | ni-dadhat | mo iti | aham | riṣam | etām | sthūṇām | pitaraḥ | dhārayantu | te | atra | yamaḥ | sadanā | te | minotu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.18.13 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“paralyze; stiffen; fixate; fixate; stambh; rear; stop; strengthen; constipate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], ablative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ball.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; fill into; stow; insert; ignite; insert; add; put on; establish; keep down.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“suffer; harm.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“column; post.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“home; dwelling; seat.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative