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 5.55.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्व॒यं द॑धिध्वे॒ तवि॑षीं॒ यथा॑ वि॒द बृ॒हन्म॑हान्त उर्वि॒या वि रा॑जथ । उ॒तान्तरि॑क्षं ममिरे॒ व्योज॑सा॒ शुभं॑ या॒तामनु॒ रथा॑ अवृत्सत ॥
स्वयं दधिध्वे तविषीं यथा विद बृहन्महान्त उर्विया वि राजथ । उतान्तरिक्षं ममिरे व्योजसा शुभं यातामनु रथा अवृत्सत ॥
svayaṃ dadhidhve taviṣīṃ yathā vida bṛhan mahānta urviyā vi rājatha | utāntarikṣam mamire vy ojasā śubhaṃ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata ||
English translation:
“Maruts, you have of yourselves maintained your vigour according as you judge (fit); you shine most mighty and vast, and you pervade the firmament with your power; may the cars of the quick-moving (Maruts) arrive for our good.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्व॒यम् । द॒धि॒ध्वे॒ । तवि॑षीम् । यथा॑ । वि॒द । बृ॒हत् । म॒हा॒न्तः॒ । उ॒र्वि॒या । वि । रा॒ज॒थ॒ । उ॒त । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् । म॒मि॒रे॒ । वि । ओज॑सा । शुभ॑म् । या॒ताम् । अनु॑ । रथाः॑ । अ॒वृ॒त्स॒त॒ ॥
स्वयम् । दधिध्वे । तविषीम् । यथा । विद । बृहत् । महान्तः । उर्विया । वि । राजथ । उत । अन्तरिक्षम् । ममिरे । वि । ओजसा । शुभम् । याताम् । अनु । रथाः । अवृत्सत ॥
svayam | dadhidhve | taviṣīm | yathā | vida | bṛhat | mahāntaḥ | urviyā | vi | rājatha | uta | antarikṣam | mamire | vi | ojasā | śubham | yātām | anu | rathāḥ | avṛtsata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.55.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“personally; spontaneously; svayam [word]; voluntarily.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“strength; power.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[adverb]
“wide; widely.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“govern; shine; glitter; direct.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[verb noun]
“look; shine; beautify.”
[verb noun], genitive, plural
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”