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 1.166.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तद्वो॑ जामि॒त्वं म॑रुत॒: परे॑ यु॒गे पु॒रू यच्छंस॑ममृतास॒ आव॑त । अ॒या धि॒या मन॑वे श्रु॒ष्टिमाव्या॑ सा॒कं नरो॑ दं॒सनै॒रा चि॑कित्रिरे ॥
तद्वो जामित्वं मरुतः परे युगे पुरू यच्छंसममृतास आवत । अया धिया मनवे श्रुष्टिमाव्या साकं नरो दंसनैरा चिकित्रिरे ॥
tad vo jāmitvam marutaḥ pare yuge purū yac chaṃsam amṛtāsa āvata | ayā dhiyā manave śruṣṭim āvyā sākaṃ naro daṃsanair ā cikitrire ||
English translation:
“Your alliance with us, Maruts, is of a long duration on which account, immortals, accept our ample praise and, having accepted ourlaudation, be gratified, leaders (of sacrifice), by our holy acts, through this (your) favourable disposition towards mankind.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): maitrāvaruṇo'gastyaḥ [maitrāvaruṇa agastya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत् । वः॒ । जा॒मि॒ऽत्वम् । म॒रु॒तः॒ । परे॑ । यु॒गे । पु॒रु । यत् । शंस॑म् । अ॒मृ॒ता॒सः॒ । आव॑त । अ॒या । धि॒या । मन॑वे । श्रु॒ष्टिम् । आव्य॑ । सा॒कम् । नरः॑ । दं॒सनैः॑ । आ । चि॒कि॒त्रि॒रे॒ ॥
तत् । वः । जामित्वम् । मरुतः । परे । युगे । पुरु । यत् । शंसम् । अमृतासः । आवत । अया । धिया । मनवे । श्रुष्टिम् । आव्य । साकम् । नरः । दंसनैः । आ । चिकित्रिरे ॥
tat | vaḥ | jāmi-tvam | marutaḥ | pare | yuge | puru | yat | śaṃsam | amṛtāsaḥ | āvata | ayā | dhiyā | manave | śruṣṭim | āvya | sākam | naraḥ | daṃsanaiḥ | ā | cikitrire
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.166.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun]
“related; ancestral; customary; usual.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“best; other; following; devoted(p); extreme; highest; otherwordly; better; hostile; maximal; distant; another(a); para [word]; upper; concluding; foreign; earlier; worse; longer; finest; excessive.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“birth pangs.”
[adverb]
“together; jointly; simultaneously.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”