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 5.57.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ह॒ये नरो॒ मरु॑तो मृ॒ळता॑ न॒स्तुवी॑मघासो॒ अमृ॑ता॒ ऋत॑ज्ञाः । सत्य॑श्रुत॒: कव॑यो॒ युवा॑नो॒ बृह॑द्गिरयो बृ॒हदु॒क्षमा॑णाः ॥
हये नरो मरुतो मृळता नस्तुवीमघासो अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । सत्यश्रुतः कवयो युवानो बृहद्गिरयो बृहदुक्षमाणाः ॥
haye naro maruto mṛḻatā nas tuvīmaghāso amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ | satyaśrutaḥ kavayo yuvāno bṛhadgirayo bṛhad ukṣamāṇāḥ ||
English translation:
“Ho, Maruts, leaders (of rites), be propitious to us, you who are infinitely opulent, immortal, shedders of rain, renowned for truth, wise, young, greatly glorified, and worshipped with copious oblations.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bṛhat ukṣāmāṇāḥ may also mean sprinkliing much water, udakam siñcantaḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ह॒ये । नरः॑ । मरु॑तः । मृ॒ळत॑ । नः॒ । तुवि॑ऽमघासः । अमृ॑ताः । ऋत॑ऽज्ञाः । सत्य॑ऽश्रुतः । कव॑यः । युवा॑नः । बृह॑त्ऽगिरयः । बृ॒हत् । उ॒क्षमा॑णाः ॥
हये । नरः । मरुतः । मृळत । नः । तुविमघासः । अमृताः । ऋतज्ञाः । सत्यश्रुतः । कवयः । युवानः । बृहत्गिरयः । बृहत् । उक्षमाणाः ॥
haye | naraḥ | marutaḥ | mṛḷata | naḥ | tuvi-maghāsaḥ | amṛtāḥ | ṛta-jñāḥ | satya-śrutaḥ | kavayaḥ | yuvānaḥ | bṛhat-girayaḥ | bṛhat | ukṣamāṇāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.57.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“pardon.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”
[noun], neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“conversant(p); aware(p); wise.”
[noun], neuter
“truth; oath; satya [word]; promise.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“listening.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“young person; yuvan [word]; taruṇabandha; yuvan; yuvan; young buck; young.”
[noun]
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“grow; grow.”