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 10.60.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यथा॑ यु॒गं व॑र॒त्रया॒ नह्य॑न्ति ध॒रुणा॑य॒ कम् । ए॒वा दा॑धार ते॒ मनो॑ जी॒वात॑वे॒ न मृ॒त्यवेऽथो॑ अरि॒ष्टता॑तये ॥
यथा युगं वरत्रया नह्यन्ति धरुणाय कम् । एवा दाधार ते मनो जीवातवे न मृत्यवेऽथो अरिष्टतातये ॥
yathā yugaṃ varatrayā nahyanti dharuṇāya kam | evā dādhāra te mano jīvātave na mṛtyave 'tho ariṣṭatātaye ||
English translation:
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bandhvādayo gaupāyanāḥ [bandhvādaya gaupāyanāḥ];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): subandhorjīvitāhvānam ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यथा॑ । यु॒गम् । व॒र॒त्रया॑ । नह्य॑न्ति । ध॒रुणा॑य । कम् । ए॒व । दा॒धा॒र॒ । ते॒ । मनः॑ । जी॒वात॑वे । न । मृ॒त्यवे॑ । अथो॒ इति॑ । अ॒रि॒ष्टऽता॑तये ॥
यथा । युगम् । वरत्रया । नह्यन्ति । धरुणाय । कम् । एव । दाधार । ते । मनः । जीवातवे । न । मृत्यवे । अथो इति । अरिष्टतातये ॥
yathā | yugam | varatrayā | nahyanti | dharuṇāya | kam | eva | dādhāra | te | manaḥ | jīvātave | na | mṛtyave | atho iti | ariṣṭa-tātaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.60.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“cord; strap.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“tie; envelop; tie.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“prop; foundation.”
[adverb]
“kaṃ [word].”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“life.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“death; Yama; māraṇa; Mṛtyu.”
[adverb]
“now; but; furthermore.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“safeness.”