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 8.7.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वप॑न्ति म॒रुतो॒ मिहं॒ प्र वे॑पयन्ति॒ पर्व॑तान् । यद्यामं॒ यान्ति॑ वा॒युभि॑: ॥
वपन्ति मरुतो मिहं प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान् । यद्यामं यान्ति वायुभिः ॥
vapanti maruto miham pra vepayanti parvatān | yad yāmaṃ yānti vāyubhiḥ ||

English translation:

“The Maruts scatter the rain, they shake the mountains, when they mount their chariot, with the winds.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): punarvatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [punarvatsa kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वप॑न्ति । म॒रुतः॑ । मिह॑म् । प्र । वे॒प॒य॒न्ति॒ । पर्व॑तान् । यत् । याम॑म् । यान्ति॑ । वा॒युऽभिः॑ ॥
वपन्ति । मरुतः । मिहम् । प्र । वेपयन्ति । पर्वतान् । यत् । यामम् । यान्ति । वायुभिः ॥
vapanti | marutaḥ | miham | pra | vepayanti | parvatān | yat | yāmam | yānti | vāyu-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.4 English analysis of grammar]

vapanti < vap

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“sow; bestrew; strew; scatter.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

miham < mih

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“fog.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vepayanti < vepay < √vip

[verb], plural, Present indikative

parvatān < parvata

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

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

yāmaṃ < yāmam < yāma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“prahara; watch; travel; path.”

yānti <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

vāyubhiḥ < vāyu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

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