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 1.166.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तभु॑जिभि॒स्तम॒भिह्रु॑तेर॒घात्पू॒र्भी र॑क्षता मरुतो॒ यमाव॑त । जनं॒ यमु॑ग्रास्तवसो विरप्शिनः पा॒थना॒ शंसा॒त्तन॑यस्य पु॒ष्टिषु॑ ॥
शतभुजिभिस्तमभिह्रुतेरघात्पूर्भी रक्षता मरुतो यमावत । जनं यमुग्रास्तवसो विरप्शिनः पाथना शंसात्तनयस्य पुष्टिषु ॥
śatabhujibhis tam abhihruter aghāt pūrbhī rakṣatā maruto yam āvata | janaṃ yam ugrās tavaso virapśinaḥ pāthanā śaṃsāt tanayasya puṣṭiṣu ||

English translation:

Maruts, gratify, with infinite and complete enjoyments, him, whom you proect from degrading sin; that man whom, fierce and mighty, and glorified (as you are), you defend from calumny, by (providing for) the nourishment of his descendants.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Of his descendants: tanayasya puṣṭiṣu: tanaya, a son = putrādayaḥ, descendants

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): maitrāvaruṇo'gastyaḥ [maitrāvaruṇa agastya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तभु॑जिऽभिः । तम् । अ॒भिऽह्रु॑तेः । अ॒घात् । पूः॒ऽभिः । र॒क्ष॒त॒ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । यम् । आव॑त । जन॑म् । यम् । उ॒ग्राः॒ । त॒व॒सः॒ । वि॒ऽर॒प्शि॒नः॒ । पा॒थन॑ । शंसा॑त् । तन॑यस्य । पु॒ष्टिषु॑ ॥
शतभुजिभिः । तम् । अभिह्रुतेः । अघात् । पूःभिः । रक्षत । मरुतः । यम् । आवत । जनम् । यम् । उग्राः । तवसः । विरप्शिनः । पाथन । शंसात् । तनयस्य । पुष्टिषु ॥
śatabhuji-bhiḥ | tam | abhi-hruteḥ | aghāt | pūḥ-bhiḥ | rakṣata | marutaḥ | yam | āvata | janam | yam | ugrāḥ | tavasaḥ | vi-rapśinaḥ | pāthana | śaṃsāt | tanayasya | puṣṭiṣu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.166.8 English analysis of grammar]

śatabhujibhis < śata

[noun], neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

śatabhujibhis < bhujibhiḥ < bhuji

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

abhihruter < abhihruteḥ < abhihruti

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

aghāt < agha

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“sin; evil; impurity; agha [word].”

pūrbhī < pūrbhiḥ < pur

[noun], instrumental, plural

“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”

rakṣatā < rakṣata < rakṣ

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

āvata < av

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

janaṃ < janam < jana

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ugrās < ugrāḥ < ugra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

tavaso < tavasaḥ < tavas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“strong; energetic.”

virapśinaḥ < virapśin

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“exuberant; copious; ample.”

pāthanā < pāthana <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“protect; govern.”

śaṃsāt < śaṃsa

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”

tanayasya < tanaya

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“child; descendants.”

puṣṭiṣu < puṣṭi

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“prosperity; growth; increase; puṣṭi; luxury; wealth; comfort; increase; corpulence.”

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