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 1.39.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र वे॑पयन्ति॒ पर्व॑ता॒न्वि वि॑ञ्चन्ति॒ वन॒स्पती॑न् । प्रो आ॑रत मरुतो दु॒र्मदा॑ इव॒ देवा॑स॒: सर्व॑या वि॒शा ॥
प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान्वि विञ्चन्ति वनस्पतीन् । प्रो आरत मरुतो दुर्मदा इव देवासः सर्वया विशा ॥
pra vepayanti parvatān vi viñcanti vanaspatīn | pro ārata maruto durmadā iva devāsaḥ sarvayā viśā ||
English translation:
“They make the mountains tremble, they drive apart the forest-trees. Go, divine Maruts, whither you will, with all your progeny, like those intoxicated.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): pathyāvṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । वे॒प॒य॒न्ति॒ । पर्व॑तान् । वि । वि॒ञ्च॒न्ति॒ । वन॒स्पती॑न् । प्रो इति॑ । आ॒र॒त॒ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । दु॒र्मदाः॑ऽइव । देवा॑सः । सर्व॑या । वि॒शा ॥
प्र । वेपयन्ति । पर्वतान् । वि । विञ्चन्ति । वनस्पतीन् । प्रो इति । आरत । मरुतः । दुर्मदाःइव । देवासः । सर्वया । विशा ॥
pra | vepayanti | parvatān | vi | viñcanti | vanaspatīn | pro iti | ārata | marutaḥ | durmadāḥ-iva | devāsaḥ | sarvayā | viśā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.39.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“tree; banyan; vanaspati [word]; vanaspativarga; vaṭādi.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[verb], plural, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“delirious; brainsick; fierce; crazy.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”