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 5.53.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒दे॒वः स॑महासति सु॒वीरो॑ नरो मरुत॒: स मर्त्य॑: । यं त्राय॑ध्वे॒ स्याम॒ ते ॥
सुदेवः समहासति सुवीरो नरो मरुतः स मर्त्यः । यं त्रायध्वे स्याम ते ॥
sudevaḥ samahāsati suvīro naro marutaḥ sa martyaḥ | yaṃ trāyadhve syāma te ||

English translation:

“Renowned (host of) Maruts, leaders (of rites), that mortal is favoured by the gods, and blessed with progeny, whom you protet; may we be such as he is.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ऽदे॒वः । स॒म॒ह॒ । अ॒स॒ति॒ । सु॒ऽवीरः॑ । न॒रः॒ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । सः । मर्त्यः॑ । यम् । त्राय॑ध्वे । स्याम॑ । ते ॥
सुदेवः । समह । असति । सुवीरः । नरः । मरुतः । सः । मर्त्यः । यम् । त्रायध्वे । स्याम । ते ॥
su-devaḥ | samaha | asati | su-vīraḥ | naraḥ | marutaḥ | saḥ | martyaḥ | yam | trāyadhve | syāma | te

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.53.15 English analysis of grammar]

sudevaḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sudevaḥ < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

samahāsati < samaha

[adverb]

“verily; somewhere; somehow.”

samahāsati < asati < as

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

suvīro < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suvīro < vīraḥ < vīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

naro < naraḥ < nara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“man; man; Nara; person; people; Nara; Puruṣa; nara [word]; servant; hero.”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

martyaḥ < martya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mortal.”

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

trāyadhve < trā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“protect; help.”

syāma < as

[verb], plural, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

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