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 7.82.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑वरुणा॒ यदि॒मानि॑ च॒क्रथु॒र्विश्वा॑ जा॒तानि॒ भुव॑नस्य म॒ज्मना॑ । क्षेमे॑ण मि॒त्रो वरु॑णं दुव॒स्यति॑ म॒रुद्भि॑रु॒ग्रः शुभ॑म॒न्य ई॑यते ॥
इन्द्रावरुणा यदिमानि चक्रथुर्विश्वा जातानि भुवनस्य मज्मना । क्षेमेण मित्रो वरुणं दुवस्यति मरुद्भिरुग्रः शुभमन्य ईयते ॥
indrāvaruṇā yad imāni cakrathur viśvā jātāni bhuvanasya majmanā | kṣemeṇa mitro varuṇaṃ duvasyati marudbhir ugraḥ śubham anya īyate ||

English translation:

Indra and Varuṇa, inasmuch as you have created by your might all these beings of the world, thereforeMitra worships Varuṇa for prosperity, while the other, the fierce Indra, associated with the Maruts, acquiresglory.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Therefore Mitra worships Varuṇa: kṣemeṇa mitro varuṇam duvasyati marudbhir ugraḥ śubham anyaīyate: the last clause: along with the Maruts the powerful Indra sends down rain

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑वरुणा । यत् । इ॒मानि॑ । च॒क्रथुः॑ । विश्वा॑ । जा॒तानि॑ । भुव॑नस्य । म॒ज्मना॑ । क्षेमे॑ण । मि॒त्रः । वरु॑णम् । दु॒व॒स्यति॑ । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । उ॒ग्रः । शुभ॑म् । अ॒न्यः । ई॒य॒ते॒ ॥
इन्द्रावरुणा । यत् । इमानि । चक्रथुः । विश्वा । जातानि । भुवनस्य । मज्मना । क्षेमेण । मित्रः । वरुणम् । दुवस्यति । मरुत्भिः । उग्रः । शुभम् । अन्यः । ईयते ॥
indrāvaruṇā | yat | imāni | cakrathuḥ | viśvā | jātāni | bhuvanasya | majmanā | kṣemeṇa | mitraḥ | varuṇam | duvasyati | marut-bhiḥ | ugraḥ | śubham | anyaḥ | īyate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.82.5 English analysis of grammar]

indrāvaruṇā < indrāvaruṇāḥ < indrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Varuna; Indra.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

imāni < idam

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

cakrathur < cakrathuḥ < kṛ

[verb], dual, 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.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

jātāni < jāta

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“kind; object; descendant; kin; being; reincarnation.”

bhuvanasya < bhuvana

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

majmanā < majman

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“size.”

kṣemeṇa < kṣema

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“ease; happiness; peace; tranquillity; kṣema [word]; respite; rest.”

mitro < mitraḥ < mitra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

varuṇaṃ < varuṇam < varuṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

duvasyati < duvasy

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“worship.”

marudbhir < marudbhiḥ < marut

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

ugraḥ < ugra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

śubham < śubh

[verb noun]

“look; shine; beautify.”

anya < anyaḥ < anya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

īyate < ī < √i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

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