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 5.70.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा कस्या॑द्भुतक्रतू य॒क्षं भु॑जेमा त॒नूभि॑: । मा शेष॑सा॒ मा तन॑सा ॥
मा कस्याद्भुतक्रतू यक्षं भुजेमा तनूभिः । मा शेषसा मा तनसा ॥
mā kasyādbhutakratū yakṣam bhujemā tanūbhiḥ | mā śeṣasā mā tanasā ||

English translation:

“Workers of wondrous deeds, let us not depend upon the bounty of any other (than you), either in our person ns, or with our sons and grandsons.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): urūcakrirātreyaḥ [urūcakrirātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा । कस्य॑ । अ॒द्भु॒त॒क्र॒तू॒ इत्य॑द्भुतऽक्रतू । य॒क्षम् । भु॒जे॒म॒ । त॒नूभिः॑ । मा । शेष॑सा । मा । तन॑सा ॥
मा । कस्य । अद्भुतक्रतू इत्यद्भुतक्रतू । यक्षम् । भुजेम । तनूभिः । मा । शेषसा । मा । तनसा ॥
mā | kasya | adbhutakratūity adbhuta-kratū | yakṣam | bhujema | tanūbhiḥ | mā | śeṣasā | mā | tanasā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.70.4 English analysis of grammar]

[adverb]

“not.”

kasyādbhutakratū < kasya < ka

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“what; who; ka [pronoun].”

kasyādbhutakratū < adbhuta

[noun]

“extraordinary; amazing; supernatural.”

kasyādbhutakratū < kratū < kratu

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

yakṣam < yakṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“apparition; monster; apparition.”

bhujemā < bhujema < bhuj

[verb], plural, Aorist optative

“eat; enjoy; consume; eat; love; burn; run down; enjoy; live on.”

tanūbhiḥ < tanū

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

[adverb]

“not.”

śeṣasā < śeṣas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“offspring.”

[adverb]

“not.”

tanasā < tanas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

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