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 1.64.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नू ष्ठि॒रं म॑रुतो वी॒रव॑न्तमृती॒षाहं॑ र॒यिम॒स्मासु॑ धत्त । स॒ह॒स्रिणं॑ श॒तिनं॑ शूशु॒वांसं॑ प्रा॒तर्म॒क्षू धि॒याव॑सुर्जगम्यात् ॥
नू ष्ठिरं मरुतो वीरवन्तमृतीषाहं रयिमस्मासु धत्त । सहस्रिणं शतिनं शूशुवांसं प्रातर्मक्षू धियावसुर्जगम्यात् ॥
nū ṣṭhiram maruto vīravantam ṛtīṣāhaṃ rayim asmāsu dhatta | sahasriṇaṃ śatinaṃ śūśuvāṃsam prātar makṣū dhiyāvasur jagamyāt ||
English translation:
“Grant us, Maruts, durable riches, attended by posterity, and mortifying to our enemies; (riches) recknoned by hundreds and thousands, and ever increasing; may they who have acquired wealth by pious acts, come hither quickly in the morning.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nodhā gautamaḥ [nodhas gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नु । स्थि॒रम् । म॒रु॒तः॒ । वी॒रऽव॑न्तम् । ऋ॒ति॒ऽसह॑म् । र॒यिम् । अ॒स्मासु॑ । ध॒त्त॒ । स॒ह॒स्रिण॑म् । श॒तिन॑म् । शू॒शु॒ऽवांस॑म् । प्रा॒तः । म॒क्षु । धि॒याऽव॑सुः । ज॒ग॒म्या॒त् ॥
नु । स्थिरम् । मरुतः । वीरवन्तम् । ऋतिसहम् । रयिम् । अस्मासु । धत्त । सहस्रिणम् । शतिनम् । शूशुवांसम् । प्रातः । मक्षु । धियावसुः । जगम्यात् ॥
nu | sthiram | marutaḥ | vīra-vantam | ṛti-saham | rayim | asmāsu | dhatta | sahasriṇam | śatinam | śūśu-vāṃsam | prātaḥ | makṣu | dhiyāvasuḥ | jagamyāt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.64.15 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“firm; hard; lasting; calm; stable; immovable; firm; strong; sthira [word]; vegetable; potent; steadfast; durable; firm; trustworthy; trustworthy; diligent.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“rich in men.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wealth; property.”
[noun], locative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“thousandfold.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“hundredfold.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“swell; grow.”
[adverb]
“at dawn; early.”
[adverb]
“promptly; soon; quickly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wise.”
[verb], singular, Perfect optative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”