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 5.42.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒रुत्व॑तो॒ अप्र॑तीतस्य जि॒ष्णोरजू॑र्यत॒: प्र ब्र॑वामा कृ॒तानि॑ । न ते॒ पूर्वे॑ मघव॒न्नाप॑रासो॒ न वी॒र्यं१॒॑ नूत॑न॒: कश्च॒नाप॑ ॥
मरुत्वतो अप्रतीतस्य जिष्णोरजूर्यतः प्र ब्रवामा कृतानि । न ते पूर्वे मघवन्नापरासो न वीर्यं नूतनः कश्चनाप ॥
marutvato apratītasya jiṣṇor ajūryataḥ pra bravāmā kṛtāni | na te pūrve maghavan nāparāso na vīryaṃ nūtanaḥ kaś canāpa ||
English translation:
“We celebrate the exploits of Marutvat, the unrecoiling, the victorious, the undecaying; neither the ancients, Maghavan, nor their successors, have attained your prowess, nor has any one recent attained it.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒रुत्व॑तः । अप्र॑तिऽइतस्य । जि॒ष्णोः । अजू॑र्यतः । प्र । ब्र॒वा॒म॒ । कृ॒तानि॑ । न । ते॒ । पूर्वे॑ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । न । अप॑रासः । न । वी॒र्य॑म् । नूत॑नः । कः । च॒न । आ॒प॒ ॥
मरुत्वतः । अप्रतिइतस्य । जिष्णोः । अजूर्यतः । प्र । ब्रवाम । कृतानि । न । ते । पूर्वे । मघवन् । न । अपरासः । न । वीर्यम् । नूतनः । कः । चन । आप ॥
marutvataḥ | aprati-itasya | jiṣṇoḥ | ajūryataḥ | pra | bravāma | kṛtāni | na | te | pūrve | magha-van | na | aparāsaḥ | na | vīryam | nūtanaḥ | kaḥ | cana | āpa
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.42.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Marut(a).”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“irresistible.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“victorious.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“jṛ; digest; age; cook; boil down; decay; decay; ripen.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Kṛta; action; throw; work; production; work; kindness; four; kṛta [word].”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a); following; western; future; apara [word]; elder; remaining; some(a); later(a); back(a).”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“new; fresh; recent; contemporary; present(a); first.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“not even; cana [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“enter (a state); get; reach; obtain; equal.”