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 1.15.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मरु॑त॒: पिब॑त ऋ॒तुना॑ पो॒त्राद्य॒ज्ञं पु॑नीतन । यू॒यं हि ष्ठा सु॑दानवः ॥
मरुतः पिबत ऋतुना पोत्राद्यज्ञं पुनीतन । यूयं हि ष्ठा सुदानवः ॥
marutaḥ pibata ṛtunā potrād yajñam punītana | yūyaṃ hi ṣṭhā sudānavaḥ ||

English translation:

Maruts, drink with Ṛtu from the sacrificial vase; consecrate the rite, for you are bountiful.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriggāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मरु॑तः । पिब॑त । ऋ॒तुना॑ । पो॒त्रात् । य॒ज्ञम् । पू॒नी॒त॒न॒ । यू॒यम् । हि । स्थ । सु॒ऽदा॒न॒वः॒ ॥
मरुतः । पिबत । ऋतुना । पोत्रात् । यज्ञम् । पूनीतन । यूयम् । हि । स्थ । सुदानवः ॥
marutaḥ | pibata | ṛtunā | potrāt | yajñam | pūnītana | yūyam | hi | stha | su-dānavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.15.2 English analysis of grammar]

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

pibata <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

ṛtunā < ṛtu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“season; turn; menstruation; ṛtu [word]; time period; order; six.”

potrād < potrāt < potra

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

yajñam < yajña

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

punītana <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

yūyaṃ < yūyam < tvad

[noun], nominative, plural

“you.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

ṣṭhā < ṣṭha < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

sudānavaḥ < sudānu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“big; lavish.”

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