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 10.33.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यदीशी॑या॒मृता॑नामु॒त वा॒ मर्त्या॑नाम् । जीवे॒दिन्म॒घवा॒ मम॑ ॥
यदीशीयामृतानामुत वा मर्त्यानाम् । जीवेदिन्मघवा मम ॥
yad īśīyāmṛtānām uta vā martyānām | jīved in maghavā mama ||

English translation:

“If I were lord oover immortals and mortals, then should my munificent (benefactor) live.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣaḥ [kavaṣa ailūṣa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । ईशी॑य । अ॒मृता॑नाम् । उ॒त । वा॒ । मर्त्या॑नाम् । जीवे॑त् । इ॒त् । म॒घऽवा॑ । मम॑ ॥
यत् । ईशीय । अमृतानाम् । उत । वा । मर्त्यानाम् । जीवेत् । इत् । मघवा । मम ॥
yat | īśīya | amṛtānām | uta | vā | martyānām | jīvet | it | magha-vā | mama

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.33.8 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

īśīyāmṛtānām < īśīya < īś

[verb], singular, Present optative

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

īśīyāmṛtānām < amṛtānām < amṛta

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

martyānām < martya

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“mortal.”

jīved < jīvet < jīv

[verb], singular, Present optative

“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”

in < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

maghavā < maghavan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“big.”

mama < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

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