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 8.20.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒द्मा हि रु॒द्रिया॑णां॒ शुष्म॑मु॒ग्रं म॒रुतां॒ शिमी॑वताम् । विष्णो॑रे॒षस्य॑ मी॒ळ्हुषा॑म् ॥
विद्मा हि रुद्रियाणां शुष्ममुग्रं मरुतां शिमीवताम् । विष्णोरेषस्य मीळ्हुषाम् ॥
vidmā hi rudriyāṇāṃ śuṣmam ugram marutāṃ śimīvatām | viṣṇor eṣasya mīḻhuṣām ||
English translation:
“We know the great strength of the active sons of Rudra, the Maruts, the shedders of the diffusive raiṇ”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Shedder: viṣṇor mīḷhuṣām = vyāptasya eṣaṇīyasya vṛṣṭyudakasya eṣasya sektṛṇām
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒द्म । हि । रु॒द्रिया॑णाम् । शुष्म॑म् । उ॒ग्रम् । म॒रुता॑म् । शमी॑ऽवताम् । विष्णोः॑ । ए॒षस्य॑ । मी॒ळ्हुषा॑म् ॥
विद्म । हि । रुद्रियाणाम् । शुष्मम् । उग्रम् । मरुताम् । शमीवताम् । विष्णोः । एषस्य । मीळ्हुषाम् ॥
vidma | hi | rudriyāṇām | śuṣmam | ugram | marutām | śamī-vatām | viṣṇoḥ | eṣasya | mīḷhuṣām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.20.3 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Marut.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“mighty.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“hurrying.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“big.”