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 7.56.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शु॒भ्रो व॒: शुष्म॒: क्रुध्मी॒ मनां॑सि॒ धुनि॒र्मुनि॑रिव॒ शर्ध॑स्य धृ॒ष्णोः ॥
शुभ्रो वः शुष्मः क्रुध्मी मनांसि धुनिर्मुनिरिव शर्धस्य धृष्णोः ॥
śubhro vaḥ śuṣmaḥ krudhmī manāṃsi dhunir munir iva śardhasya dhṛṣṇoḥ ||
English translation:
“Glorious is your vigour, unrelenting are your minds; (the exertion) of your irresistible force, the agitator(of the trees), is like (the manifold tone of the prayers of) a muni.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Manifold tone: dhuni muniriva = the agitationlike a muni; the sounds produced by the shaking of the trees are like the varied intonations of a reciter ofpraises
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): ārcyuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शु॒भ्रः । वः॒ । शुष्मः॑ । क्रुध्मी॑ । मनां॑सि । धुनिः॑ । मुनिः॑ऽइव । शर्ध॑स्य । धृ॒ष्णोः ॥
शुभ्रः । वः । शुष्मः । क्रुध्मी । मनांसि । धुनिः । मुनिःइव । शर्धस्य । धृष्णोः ॥
śubhraḥ | vaḥ | śuṣmaḥ | krudhmī | manāṃsi | dhuniḥ | muniḥ-iva | śardhasya | dhṛṣṇoḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.56.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“white; beautiful; attractive; śubhra [word]; light.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“deafening; boisterous; noisy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ascetic; seven; Sesbania grandiflora; Brahmin; muni; saint; Buddha; Ṛṣi.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“troop.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“brave; ferocious; strong.”