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 7.56.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भूरि॑ चक्र मरुत॒: पित्र्या॑ण्यु॒क्थानि॒ या व॑: श॒स्यन्ते॑ पु॒रा चि॑त् । म॒रुद्भि॑रु॒ग्रः पृत॑नासु॒ साळ्हा॑ म॒रुद्भि॒रित्सनि॑ता॒ वाज॒मर्वा॑ ॥
भूरि चक्र मरुतः पित्र्याण्युक्थानि या वः शस्यन्ते पुरा चित् । मरुद्भिरुग्रः पृतनासु साळ्हा मरुद्भिरित्सनिता वाजमर्वा ॥
bhūri cakra marutaḥ pitryāṇy ukthāni yā vaḥ śasyante purā cit | marudbhir ugraḥ pṛtanāsu sāḻhā marudbhir it sanitā vājam arvā ||
English translation:
“You have bestowed, Maruts, many (benefits) on our forefathers, which praiseworthy (benefits) havebeen celebrated in former times; by the (favour of the) Maruts the fierce (warrior) is victorious in combats; by the(favour of the) Maruts the worshipper ever obtains food.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Marudbhir it sanitā vājam arvā: arvā = stotrairabhigantā, one who overcomes by praises; or, a horse; through the Maruts a horse is the obtainer (of success)in war
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भूरि॑ । च॒क्र॒ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । पित्र्या॑णि । उ॒क्थानि॑ । या । वः॒ । श॒स्यन्ते॑ । पु॒रा । चि॒त् । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । उग्रः । पृत॑नासु । साळ्हा॑ । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । इत् । सनि॑ता । वाज॑म् । अर्वा॑ ॥
भूरि । चक्र । मरुतः । पित्र्याणि । उक्थानि । या । वः । शस्यन्ते । पुरा । चित् । मरुत्भिः । उग्रः । पृतनासु । साळ्हा । मरुत्भिः । इत् । सनिता । वाजम् । अर्वा ॥
bhūri | cakra | marutaḥ | pitryāṇi | ukthāni | yā | vaḥ | śasyante | purā | cit | marut-bhi ḥ | ugraḥ | pṛtanāsu | sāḷhā | marut-bhiḥ | it | sanitā | vājam | arvā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.56.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“ancestral; paternal.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, plural
“you.”
[verb], plural, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”
[adverb]
“once; earlier; first; purā [indecl.].”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“army; battle; pṛtanā [word]; pṛtanā.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“win; get; gain.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; arvan [word]; racehorse.”