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 5.53.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कस्मा॑ अ॒द्य सुजा॑ताय रा॒तह॑व्याय॒ प्र य॑युः । ए॒ना यामे॑न म॒रुत॑: ॥
कस्मा अद्य सुजाताय रातहव्याय प्र ययुः । एना यामेन मरुतः ॥
kasmā adya sujātāya rātahavyāya pra yayuḥ | enā yāmena marutaḥ ||
English translation:
“To what well-born and oblation-giving (worshipper) will the Maruts today in tthis their car?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कस्मै॑ । अ॒द्य । सुऽजा॑ताय । रा॒तऽह॑व्याय । प्र । य॒युः॒ । ए॒ना । यामे॑न । म॒रुतः॑ ॥
कस्मै । अद्य । सुजाताय । रातहव्याय । प्र । ययुः । एना । यामेन । मरुतः ॥
kasmai | adya | su-jātāya | rāta-havyāya | pra | yayuḥ | enā | yāmena | marutaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.53.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“noble; beautiful.”
[verb noun]
“give; impart.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Havya; offering; havya [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“prahara; watch; travel; path.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”