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 8.20.21
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गाव॑श्चिद्घा समन्यवः सजा॒त्ये॑न मरुत॒: सब॑न्धवः । रि॒ह॒ते क॒कुभो॑ मि॒थः ॥
गावश्चिद्घा समन्यवः सजात्येन मरुतः सबन्धवः । रिहते ककुभो मिथः ॥
gāvaś cid ghā samanyavaḥ sajātyena marutaḥ sabandhavaḥ | rihate kakubho mithaḥ ||
English translation:
“Maruts, who are of like wrath, offspring of the maternal cow (Pṛśni), related by a common origin, theyseverally spread through the quarters of the horizon.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Or, Maruts, alike in energy, your kindred, the cows,severally lick up the quarters of the horizon;
Gavāḥ = sun's rays
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गावः॑ । चि॒त् । घ॒ । स॒ऽम॒न्य॒वः॒ । स॒ऽजा॒त्ये॑न । म॒रु॒तः॒ । सऽब॑न्धवः । रि॒ह॒ते । क॒कुभः॑ । मि॒थः ॥
गावः । चित् । घ । समन्यवः । सजात्येन । मरुतः । सबन्धवः । रिहते । ककुभः । मिथः ॥
gāvaḥ | cit | gha | sa-manyavaḥ | sa-jātyena | marutaḥ | sa-bandhavaḥ | rihate | kakubhaḥ | mithaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.20.21 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“consentaneous.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“relatedness.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[adverb]
“with; little; together.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“relative; bandhu [word]; association; friend; kin.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“lick.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Kakubh; peak; bulge.”
[adverb]
“together; mutually; alternately.”