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 8.7.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॑ र॒यिं म॑द॒च्युतं॑ पुरु॒क्षुं वि॒श्वधा॑यसम् । इय॑र्ता मरुतो दि॒वः ॥
आ नो रयिं मदच्युतं पुरुक्षुं विश्वधायसम् । इयर्ता मरुतो दिवः ॥
ā no rayim madacyutam purukṣuṃ viśvadhāyasam | iyartā maruto divaḥ ||

English translation:

“Send us, Maruts, from heaven exhilarating, many lauded, all-sustaining riches.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । नः॒ । र॒यिम् । म॒द॒ऽच्युत॑म् । पु॒रु॒ऽक्षुम् । वि॒श्वऽधा॑यसम् । इय॑र्त । म॒रु॒तः॒ । दि॒वः ॥
आ । नः । रयिम् । मदच्युतम् । पुरुक्षुम् । विश्वधायसम् । इयर्त । मरुतः । दिवः ॥
ā | naḥ | rayim | mada-cyutam | puru-kṣum | viśva-dhāyasam | iyarta | marutaḥ | divaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.13 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

madacyutam < mada

[noun], masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

madacyutam < cyutam < cyut

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“shaking; dropping.”

purukṣuṃ < purukṣum < purukṣu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

viśvadhāyasam < viśva

[noun]

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

viśvadhāyasam < dhāyasam < dhāyas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“alimentary; sustaining.”

iyartā < iyarta < ṛch

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

divaḥ < div

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

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

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