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 7.56.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

क ईं॒ व्य॑क्ता॒ नर॒: सनी॑ळा रु॒द्रस्य॒ मर्या॒ अध॒ स्वश्वा॑: ॥
क ईं व्यक्ता नरः सनीळा रुद्रस्य मर्या अध स्वश्वाः ॥
ka īṃ vyaktā naraḥ sanīḻā rudrasya maryā adha svaśvāḥ ||

English translation:

“Who are these resplendent chiefs, the dwellers in one abode, the sons of Rudra, friends of man, atpresent well-mounted?”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): ārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

के । ई॒म् । विऽअ॑क्ताः । नरः॑ । सऽनी॑ळाः । रु॒द्रस्य॑ । मर्याः॑ । अध॑ । सु॒ऽअश्वाः॑ ॥
के । ईम् । विअक्ताः । नरः । सनीळाः । रुद्रस्य । मर्याः । अध । सुअश्वाः ॥
ke | īm | vi-aktāḥ | naraḥ | sa-nīḷāḥ | rudrasya | maryāḥ | adha | su-aśvāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.56.1 English analysis of grammar]

ka < ke < ka

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“what; who; ka [pronoun].”

īṃ < īm < īṃ

[adverb]

vyaktā < vyaktāḥ < vyañj < √añj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“decorate; fan; anoint.”

naraḥ < nṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

sanīᄆā < sanīᄆāḥ < sanīḍa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“kindred; equal; sanīḍa [word].”

rudrasya < rudra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”

maryā < maryāḥ < marya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“young buck; boyfriend.”

adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

svaśvāḥ < su

[adverb]

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

svaśvāḥ < aśvāḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

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