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 7.56.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यामं॒ येष्ठा॑: शु॒भा शोभि॑ष्ठाः श्रि॒या सम्मि॑श्ला॒ ओजो॑भिरु॒ग्राः ॥
यामं येष्ठाः शुभा शोभिष्ठाः श्रिया सम्मिश्ला ओजोभिरुग्राः ॥
yāmaṃ yeṣṭhāḥ śubhā śobhiṣṭhāḥ śriyā sammiślā ojobhir ugrāḥ ||

English translation:

“The Maruts rapidly repair to the plural ce (of their destination), richly decorated with ornaments, investedwith beauty, terrible by their strength.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

याम॑म् । येष्ठाः॑ । शु॒भा । शोभि॑ष्ठाः । श्रि॒या । सम्ऽमि॑श्लाः । ओजः॑ऽभिः । उ॒ग्राः ॥
यामम् । येष्ठाः । शुभा । शोभिष्ठाः । श्रिया । सम्मिश्लाः । ओजःभिः । उग्राः ॥
yāmam | yeṣṭhāḥ | śubhā | śobhiṣṭhāḥ | śriyā | sam-miślāḥ | ojaḥ-bhiḥ | ugrāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.56.6 English analysis of grammar]

yāmaṃ < yāmam < yāma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“prahara; watch; travel; path.”

yeṣṭhāḥ < yeṣṭha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

śubhā < śubh

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

śobhiṣṭhāḥ < śobhiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

śriyā < śrī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

sammiślā < sammiślāḥ < sammiśla

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

ojobhir < ojobhiḥ < ojas

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

ugrāḥ < ugra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

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