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 8.7.30

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

क॒दा ग॑च्छाथ मरुत इ॒त्था विप्रं॒ हव॑मानम् । मा॒र्डी॒केभि॒र्नाध॑मानम् ॥
कदा गच्छाथ मरुत इत्था विप्रं हवमानम् । मार्डीकेभिर्नाधमानम् ॥
kadā gacchātha maruta itthā vipraṃ havamānam | mārḍīkebhir nādhamānam ||

English translation:

“When, maruts, will you go with joy-bestowing riches to the sage thus adoring you, and soliciting (you forwealth)?”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

क॒दा । ग॒च्छा॒थ॒ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । इ॒त्था । विप्र॑म् । हव॑मानम् । मा॒र्डी॒केभिः॑ । नाध॑मानम् ॥
कदा । गच्छाथ । मरुतः । इत्था । विप्रम् । हवमानम् । मार्डीकेभिः । नाधमानम् ॥
kadā | gacchātha | marutaḥ | itthā | vipram | havamānam | mārḍīkebhiḥ | nādhamānam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.30 English analysis of grammar]

kadā

[adverb]

“when; kadā [word].”

gacchātha < gam

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

maruta < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

itthā

[adverb]

“thus; here.”

vipraṃ < vipram < vipra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

havamānam < hvā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

mārḍīkebhir < mārḍīkebhiḥ < mārḍīka

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

nādhamānam < nādh

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“suffer.”

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