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 5.53.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒ष्माकं॑ स्मा॒ रथाँ॒ अनु॑ मु॒दे द॑धे मरुतो जीरदानवः । वृ॒ष्टी द्यावो॑ य॒तीरि॑व ॥
युष्माकं स्मा रथाँ अनु मुदे दधे मरुतो जीरदानवः । वृष्टी द्यावो यतीरिव ॥
yuṣmākaṃ smā rathām̐ anu mude dadhe maruto jīradānavaḥ | vṛṣṭī dyāvo yatīr iva ||
English translation:
“I contemplate your chariots, munificent Maruts, with delight, like wandering lights in the rains.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒ष्माक॑म् । स्म॒ । रथा॑न् । अनु॑ । मु॒दे । द॒धे॒ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । जी॒र॒ऽदा॒न॒वः॒ । वृ॒ष्टी । द्यावः॑ । य॒तीःऽइ॑व ॥
युष्माकम् । स्म । रथान् । अनु । मुदे । दधे । मरुतः । जीरदानवः । वृष्टी । द्यावः । यतीःइव ॥
yuṣmākam | sma | rathān | anu | mude | dadhe | marutaḥ | jīra-dānavaḥ | vṛṣṭī | dyāvaḥ | yatīḥ-iva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.53.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“joy; delight.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun]
“agile; quick; fast.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“giving; big.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“rain; shower; rainy season.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”