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 10.33.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न दे॒वाना॒मति॑ व्र॒तं श॒तात्मा॑ च॒न जी॑वति । तथा॑ यु॒जा वि वा॑वृते ॥
न देवानामति व्रतं शतात्मा चन जीवति । तथा युजा वि वावृते ॥
na devānām ati vrataṃ śatātmā cana jīvati | tathā yujā vi vāvṛte ||
English translation:
“No one lives hundred years passing the limit fixed by the gods; so he is separated from his friendṣ”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Hundred years: No one, even if he has a hundred lives, can live beyond the limit fixed
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣaḥ [kavaṣa ailūṣa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न । दे॒वाना॑म् । अति॑ । व्र॒तम् । श॒तऽआ॑त्मा । च॒न । जी॒व॒ति॒ । तथा॑ । यु॒जा । वि । व॒वृ॒ते॒ ॥
न । देवानाम् । अति । व्रतम् । शतआत्मा । चन । जीवति । तथा । युजा । वि । ववृते ॥
na | devānām | ati | vratam | śata-ātmā | cana | jīvati | tathā | yujā | vi | vavṛte
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.33.9 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[noun], neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“self; nature; Ātman; mind; soul; self; body; character; ātman [word]; person; life; peculiarity.”
[adverb]
“not even; cana [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“survive; be; exist; live on; dwell.”
[adverb]
“and; thus; besides; very well; so; then; in that manner; now; therefore; however; so.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”