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 10.60.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒माद॒हं वै॑वस्व॒तात्सु॒बन्धो॒र्मन॒ आभ॑रम् । जी॒वात॑वे॒ न मृ॒त्यवेऽथो॑ अरि॒ष्टता॑तये ॥
यमादहं वैवस्वतात्सुबन्धोर्मन आभरम् । जीवातवे न मृत्यवेऽथो अरिष्टतातये ॥
yamād ahaṃ vaivasvatāt subandhor mana ābharam | jīvātave na mṛtyave 'tho ariṣṭatātaye ||

English translation:

“(Agni speaks). I bring the spirit of ASubandhu from Yama, the son of Vivasvat, for life, not for death,but for security.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bandhvādayo gaupāyanāḥ [bandhvādaya gaupāyanāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): subandhorjīvitāhvānam ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒मात् । अ॒हम् । वै॒व॒स्व॒तात् । सु॒ऽबन्धोः॑ । मनः॑ । आ । अ॒भ॒र॒म् । जी॒वात॑वे । न । मृ॒त्यवे॑ । अथो॒ इति॑ । अ॒रि॒ष्टऽता॑तये ॥
यमात् । अहम् । वैवस्वतात् । सुबन्धोः । मनः । आ । अभरम् । जीवातवे । न । मृत्यवे । अथो इति । अरिष्टतातये ॥
yamāt | aham | vaivasvatāt | su-bandhoḥ | manaḥ | ā | abharam | jīvātave | na | mṛtyave | atho iti | ariṣṭa-tātaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.60.10 English analysis of grammar]

yamād < yamāt < yama

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“Yama; yama; twin; yam; Yama; two; bridle; yama [word]; Asvins.”

ahaṃ < aham < mad

[noun], nominative, singular

“I; mine.”

vaivasvatāt < vaivasvata

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“Yama; Vaivasvata.”

subandhor < subandhoḥ < subandhu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Subandhu.”

mana < manaḥ < manas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

ābharam < ābhṛ < √bhṛ

[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

“bring.”

jīvātave < jīvātu

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“life.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

mṛtyave < mṛtyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“death; Yama; māraṇa; Mṛtyu.”

'tho < atho

[adverb]

“now; but; furthermore.”

ariṣṭatātaye < ariṣṭatāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“safeness.”

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