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 7.56.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सा विट् सु॒वीरा॑ म॒रुद्भि॑रस्तु स॒नात्सह॑न्ती॒ पुष्य॑न्ती नृ॒म्णम् ॥
सा विट् सुवीरा मरुद्भिरस्तु सनात्सहन्ती पुष्यन्ती नृम्णम् ॥
sā viṭ suvīrā marudbhir astu sanāt sahantī puṣyantī nṛmṇam ||

English translation:

“May the people, through (the favours of) the Maruts, always victorious, possessed of male posterity,and in the enjoyment of wealth.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सा । विट् । सु॒ऽवीरा॑ । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । अ॒स्तु॒ । स॒नात् । सह॑न्ती । पुष्य॑न्ती । नृ॒म्णम् ॥
सा । विट् । सुवीरा । मरुत्भिः । अस्तु । सनात् । सहन्ती । पुष्यन्ती । नृम्णम् ॥
sā | viṭ | su-vīrā | marut-bhiḥ | astu | sanāt | sahantī | puṣyantī | nṛmṇam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.56.5 English analysis of grammar]

< tad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

viṭ < viś

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

suvīrā < su

[adverb]

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

suvīrā < vīrā < vīra

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

marudbhir < marudbhiḥ < marut

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

sanāt

[adverb]

sahantī < sah

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“endure; overcome; habituate.”

puṣyantī < puṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“boom; grow; promote; foster.”

nṛmṇam < nṛmṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“manhood; power.”

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