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 5.87.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ते रु॒द्रास॒: सुम॑खा अ॒ग्नयो॑ यथा तुविद्यु॒म्ना अ॑वन्त्वेव॒याम॑रुत् । दी॒र्घं पृ॒थु प॑प्रथे॒ सद्म॒ पार्थि॑वं॒ येषा॒मज्मे॒ष्वा म॒हः शर्धां॒स्यद्भु॑तैनसाम् ॥
ते रुद्रासः सुमखा अग्नयो यथा तुविद्युम्ना अवन्त्वेवयामरुत् । दीर्घं पृथु पप्रथे सद्म पार्थिवं येषामज्मेष्वा महः शर्धांस्यद्भुतैनसाम् ॥
te rudrāsaḥ sumakhā agnayo yathā tuvidyumnā avantv evayāmarut | dīrgham pṛthu paprathe sadma pārthivaṃ yeṣām ajmeṣv ā mahaḥ śardhāṃsy adbhutainasām ||
English translation:
“May those Rudras, the objects of worship, like resplendent fires, protect Evayāmarut; they, whose ethereal dwelling, extended and wide, has been made illustrious (by them), and of whom, exempt from blame, the mighty energies (are manifested) in their courses.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): evayāmarudātreyaḥ [evayāmarudātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): bhurigjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ते । रु॒द्रासः॑ । सुऽम॑खाः । अ॒ग्नयः॑ । य॒था॒ । तु॒वि॒ऽद्यु॒म्नाः । अ॒व॒न्तु॒ । ए॒व॒याम॑रुत् । दी॒र्घम् । पृ॒थु । प॒प्र॒थे॒ । सद्म॑ । पार्थि॑वम् । येषा॑म् । अज्मे॑षु । आ । म॒हः । शर्धां॑सि । अद्भु॑तऽएनसाम् ॥
ते । रुद्रासः । सुमखाः । अग्नयः । यथा । तुविद्युम्नाः । अवन्तु । एवयामरुत् । दीर्घम् । पृथु । पप्रथे । सद्म । पार्थिवम् । येषाम् । अज्मेषु । आ । महः । शर्धांसि । अद्भुतएनसाम् ॥
te | rudrāsaḥ | su-makhāḥ | agnayaḥ | yathā | tuvi-dyumnāḥ | avantu | evayāmarut | dīrgham | pṛthu | paprathe | sadma | pārthivam | yeṣām | ajmeṣu | ā | mahaḥ | śardhāṃs i | adbhuta-enasām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.87.7 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“yajña; Makha; festival.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun]
“mighty; very; diverse; much(a); many.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“magnificence.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun]
“fast; rapid; agile.”
[noun]
“going.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“seat; house; stable; dwelling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“march.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“troop.”
[noun]
“extraordinary; amazing; supernatural.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“sin; calamity; blame.”