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 8.7.25

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि॒द्युद्ध॑स्ता अ॒भिद्य॑व॒: शिप्रा॑: शी॒र्षन्हि॑र॒ण्ययी॑: । शु॒भ्रा व्य॑ञ्जत श्रि॒ये ॥
विद्युद्धस्ता अभिद्यवः शिप्राः शीर्षन्हिरण्ययीः । शुभ्रा व्यञ्जत श्रिये ॥
vidyuddhastā abhidyavaḥ śiprāḥ śīrṣan hiraṇyayīḥ | śubhrā vy añjata śriye ||

English translation:

“The birlliant (Maruts), bearing the lightning in their hands, radiant above all, gloriously display theirgolden helmets on their heads.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि॒द्युत्ऽह॑स्ताः । अ॒भिऽद्य॑वः । शिप्राः॑ । शी॒र्षन् । हि॒र॒ण्ययीः॑ । शु॒भ्राः । वि । अ॒ञ्ज॒त॒ । श्रि॒ये ॥
विद्युत्हस्ताः । अभिद्यवः । शिप्राः । शीर्षन् । हिरण्ययीः । शुभ्राः । वि । अञ्जत । श्रिये ॥
vidyut-hastāḥ | abhi-dyavaḥ | śiprāḥ | śīrṣan | hiraṇyayīḥ | śubhrāḥ | vi | añjata | śriye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.25 English analysis of grammar]

vidyuddhastā < vidyut

[noun], feminine

“lightning; Vidyut; thunderbolt.”

vidyuddhastā < hastāḥ < hasta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”

abhidyavaḥ < abhidyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“celestial; brilliant.”

śiprāḥ < śiprā

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“lip; śiprā.”

śīrṣan

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“head; śīrṣan [word].”

hiraṇyayīḥ < hiraṇyaya

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”

śubhrā < śubhrāḥ < śubhra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“white; beautiful; attractive; śubhra [word]; light.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

añjata < añj

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“smear; anoint; mix; color.”

śriye < śrī

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

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