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 8.7.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उदु॒ त्ये अ॑रु॒णप्स॑वश्चि॒त्रा यामे॑भिरीरते । वा॒श्रा अधि॒ ष्णुना॑ दि॒वः ॥
उदु त्ये अरुणप्सवश्चित्रा यामेभिरीरते । वाश्रा अधि ष्णुना दिवः ॥
ud u tye aruṇapsavaś citrā yāmebhir īrate | vāśrā adhi ṣṇunā divaḥ ||

English translation:

“Truly these purple-hued, wonderful, clamorous Maruts proceed with their chariots in the height aove thesky.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्ये । अ॒रु॒णऽप्स॑वः । चि॒त्राः । यामे॑भिः । ई॒र॒ते॒ । वा॒श्राः । अधि॑ । स्नुना॑ । दि॒वः ॥
उत् । ऊँ इति । त्ये । अरुणप्सवः । चित्राः । यामेभिः । ईरते । वाश्राः । अधि । स्नुना । दिवः ॥
ut | oṃ iti | tye | aruṇa-psavaḥ | citrāḥ | yāmebhiḥ | īrate | vāśrāḥ | adhi | snunā | divaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.7 English analysis of grammar]

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

tye < tya

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“that.”

aruṇapsavaś < aruṇapsavaḥ < aruṇapsu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“red.”

citrā < citrāḥ < citra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

yāmebhir < yāmebhiḥ < yāma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“prahara; watch; travel; path.”

īrate < īr

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go.”

vāśrā < vāśrāḥ < vāśra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

ṣṇunā < snunā < snu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“back.”

divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

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