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 5.87.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र वो॑ म॒हे म॒तयो॑ यन्तु॒ विष्ण॑वे म॒रुत्व॑ते गिरि॒जा ए॑व॒याम॑रुत् । प्र शर्धा॑य॒ प्रय॑ज्यवे सुखा॒दये॑ त॒वसे॑ भ॒न्ददि॑ष्टये॒ धुनि॑व्रताय॒ शव॑से ॥
प्र वो महे मतयो यन्तु विष्णवे मरुत्वते गिरिजा एवयामरुत् । प्र शर्धाय प्रयज्यवे सुखादये तवसे भन्ददिष्टये धुनिव्रताय शवसे ॥
pra vo mahe matayo yantu viṣṇave marutvate girijā evayāmarut | pra śardhāya prayajyave sukhādaye tavase bhandadiṣṭaye dhunivratāya śavase ||

English translation:

“May the voice-born praises of Evayāmarut reach you, Viṣṇu, attended by the Maruts; (may they reach) the strong, the adorable, the brilliantly-adorned, the vigorous, praise-loving, cloud-scattering, quick-moving company of the Maruts.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Viṣṇu attended by the Maruts: viṣṇave marutvate: viṣṇave is an adjective to the pervading, vyātāya, i.e. Indra, of whom Marutvat is a designation;

Alternative: viṣṇave vā, or to Viṣṇu] [This sūkta is attributed to ṛṣi evayāmarut; this is perhaps an epiithet of the Maruts

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): evayāmarudātreyaḥ [evayāmarudātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): atijagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । वः॒ । म॒हे । म॒तयः॑ । य॒न्तु॒ । विष्ण॑वे । म॒रुत्व॑ते । गि॒रि॒ऽजाः । ए॒व॒याम॑रुत् । प्र । शर्धा॑य । प्रऽय॑ज्यवे । सु॒ऽखा॒दये॑ । त॒वसे॑ । भ॒न्दत्ऽइ॑ष्टये । धुनि॑ऽव्रताय । शव॑से ॥
प्र । वः । महे । मतयः । यन्तु । विष्णवे । मरुत्वते । गिरिजाः । एवयामरुत् । प्र । शर्धाय । प्रयज्यवे । सुखादये । तवसे । भन्दत्इष्टये । धुनिव्रताय । शवसे ॥
pra | vaḥ | mahe | matayaḥ | yantu | viṣṇave | marutvate | giri-jāḥ | evayāmarut | pra | śardhāya | pra-yajyave | su-khādaye | tavase | bhandat-iṣṭaye | dhuni-vratāya | śavase

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.87.1 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

mahe < mah

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

matayo < matayaḥ < mati

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”

yantu < i

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

viṣṇave < viṣṇu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

marutvate < marutvat

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Marut(a).”

girijā < giri

[noun], masculine

“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”

girijā < jāḥ <

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“born.”

evayāmarut < eva

[noun]

“fast; rapid; agile.”

evayāmarut <

[noun]

“going.”

evayāmarut < marut

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

śardhāya < śardha

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“troop.”

prayajyave < prayajyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

sukhādaye < su

[adverb]

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

sukhādaye < khādaye < khādi

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“ring.”

tavase < tavas

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“strong; energetic.”

bhandadiṣṭaye < bhandat < bhand

[verb noun]

bhandadiṣṭaye < iṣṭaye < iṣṭi

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“yajña; offering; brick.”

dhunivratāya < dhuni

[noun]

“deafening; boisterous; noisy.”

dhunivratāya < vratāya < vrata

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

śavase < śavas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

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