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 1.172.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
चि॒त्रो वो॑ऽस्तु॒ याम॑श्चि॒त्र ऊ॒ती सु॑दानवः । मरु॑तो॒ अहि॑भानवः ॥
चित्रो वोऽस्तु यामश्चित्र ऊती सुदानवः । मरुतो अहिभानवः ॥
citro vo 'stu yāmaś citra ūtī sudānavaḥ | maruto ahibhānavaḥ ||
English translation:
“Maruts, of inseparable splendour, may your coming be marvellous, liberal benefactors, for our protection.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
चि॒त्रः । वः॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । यामः॑ । चि॒त्रः । ऊ॒ती । सु॒ऽदा॒न॒वः॒ । मरु॑तः । अहि॑ऽभानवः ॥
चित्रः । वः । अस्तु । यामः । चित्रः । ऊती । सुदानवः । मरुतः । अहिभानवः ॥
citraḥ | vaḥ | astu | yāmaḥ | citraḥ | ūtī | su-dānavaḥ | marutaḥ | ahi-bhānavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.172.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prahara; watch; travel; path.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“big; lavish.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“sun; Surya; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sunbeam; beam; luminosity; copper; light; twelve; appearance; Bhānu; flare.”