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 8.20.23

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मरु॑तो॒ मारु॑तस्य न॒ आ भे॑ष॒जस्य॑ वहता सुदानवः । यू॒यं स॑खायः सप्तयः ॥
मरुतो मारुतस्य न आ भेषजस्य वहता सुदानवः । यूयं सखायः सप्तयः ॥
maruto mārutasya na ā bheṣajasya vahatā sudānavaḥ | yūyaṃ sakhāyaḥ saptayaḥ ||

English translation:

“genitive rous fiends, Maruts, swift gliding (through the air), bring to us (the boon) of the medicaments thatbelong to your company.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मरु॑तः । मारु॑तस्य । नः॒ । आ । भे॒ष॒जस्य॑ । व॒ह॒त॒ । सु॒ऽदा॒न॒वः॒ । यू॒यम् । स॒खा॒यः॒ । स॒प्त॒यः॒ ॥
मरुतः । मारुतस्य । नः । आ । भेषजस्य । वहत । सुदानवः । यूयम् । सखायः । सप्तयः ॥
marutaḥ | mārutasya | naḥ | ā | bheṣajasya | vahata | su-dānavaḥ | yūyam | sakhāyaḥ | saptayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.20.23 English analysis of grammar]

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

mārutasya < māruta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Marut(a).”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

bheṣajasya < bheṣaja

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“drug; medicine; herb; bheṣaja [word]; remedy; reagent.”

vahatā < vahata < vah

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

sudānavaḥ < sudānu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“big; lavish.”

yūyaṃ < yūyam < tvad

[noun], nominative, plural

“you.”

sakhāyaḥ < sakhi

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

saptayaḥ < sapti

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“horse.”

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