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...

Disclaimer: These are translations of Sanskrit texts and are not necessarily approved by everyone associated with the traditions connected to these texts. Consult the source and original scripture in case of doubt.

Rig Veda 8.20.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॑ वो वृषदञ्जयो॒ वृष्णे॒ शर्धा॑य॒ मारु॑ताय भरध्वम् । ह॒व्या वृष॑प्रयाव्णे ॥
प्रति वो वृषदञ्जयो वृष्णे शर्धाय मारुताय भरध्वम् । हव्या वृषप्रयाव्णे ॥
prati vo vṛṣadañjayo vṛṣṇe śardhāya mārutāya bharadhvam | havyā vṛṣaprayāvṇe ||

English translation:

“Sprinklers of the libation, present the offerings to the rain-bestowing swift-passing company of theMaruts.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रति॑ । वः॒ । वृ॒ष॒त्ऽअ॒ञ्ज॒यः॒ । वृष्णे॑ । शर्धा॑य । मारु॑ताय । भ॒र॒ध्व॒म् । ह॒व्या । वृष॑ऽप्रयाव्णे ॥
प्रति । वः । वृषत्अञ्जयः । वृष्णे । शर्धाय । मारुताय । भरध्वम् । हव्या । वृषप्रयाव्णे ॥
prati | vaḥ | vṛṣat-añjayaḥ | vṛṣṇe | śardhāya | mārutāya | bharadhvam | havyā | vṛṣa-prayāvṇe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.20.9 English analysis of grammar]

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

vṛṣadañjayo < vṛṣat < vṛṣ

[verb noun]

“shower; rain; effuse; shower; drench.”

vṛṣadañjayo < añjayaḥ < añji

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“color; ointment; adornment.”

vṛṣṇe < vṛṣan

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”

śardhāya < śardha

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“troop.”

mārutāya < māruta

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Marut(a).”

bharadhvam < bhṛ

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

havyā < havya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

vṛṣaprayāvṇe < vṛṣa < vṛṣan

[noun], masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

vṛṣaprayāvṇe < prayāvṇe < prayāvan

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“traveling.”

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