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 8.76.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒रुत्व॑न्तमृजी॒षिण॒मोज॑स्वन्तं विर॒प्शिन॑म् । इन्द्रं॑ गी॒र्भिर्ह॑वामहे ॥
मरुत्वन्तमृजीषिणमोजस्वन्तं विरप्शिनम् । इन्द्रं गीर्भिर्हवामहे ॥
marutvantam ṛjīṣiṇam ojasvantaṃ virapśinam | indraṃ gīrbhir havāmahe ||

English translation:

“We invoke with our praises the mighty Indra, accompanied by the Maruts, the vigorous accepter of theresidue of the Soma oblation.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Residue: ṛjīṣiṇam, the residue of the Soma (ṛjīṣa) being offered at theTṛtīya evening oblation

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒रुत्व॑न्तम् । ऋजी॒षिण॑म् । ओज॑स्वन्तम् । वि॒ऽर॒प्शिन॑म् । इन्द्र॑म् । गीः॒ऽभिः । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ ॥
मरुत्वन्तम् । ऋजीषिणम् । ओजस्वन्तम् । विरप्शिनम् । इन्द्रम् । गीःभिः । हवामहे ॥
marutvantam | ṛjīṣiṇam | ojasvantam | vi-rapśinam | indram | gīḥ-bhiḥ | havāmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.76.5 English analysis of grammar]

marutvantam < marutvat

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Marut(a).”

ṛjīṣiṇam < ṛjīṣin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

ojasvantaṃ < ojasvantam < ojasvat

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

virapśinam < virapśin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“exuberant; copious; ample.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

gīrbhir < gīrbhiḥ < gir

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

havāmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

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