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 8.94.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कद॑त्विषन्त सू॒रय॑स्ति॒र आप॑ इव॒ स्रिध॑: । अर्ष॑न्ति पू॒तद॑क्षसः ॥
कदत्विषन्त सूरयस्तिर आप इव स्रिधः । अर्षन्ति पूतदक्षसः ॥
kad atviṣanta sūrayas tira āpa iva sridhaḥ | arṣanti pūtadakṣasaḥ ||

English translation:

“When do the sages flash like waters across (to sky)? When do the Maruts, pure in vigour, destroyers ofenemies, come to our offering?”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ pūtadakṣo vā [binduḥ pūtadakṣa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कत् । अ॒त्वि॒ष॒न्त॒ । सू॒रयः॑ । ति॒रः । आपः॑ऽइव । स्रिधः॑ । अर्ष॑न्ति । पू॒तऽद॑क्षसः ॥
कत् । अत्विषन्त । सूरयः । तिरः । आपःइव । स्रिधः । अर्षन्ति । पूतदक्षसः ॥
kat | atviṣanta | sūrayaḥ | tiraḥ | āpaḥ-iva | sridhaḥ | arṣanti | pūta-dakṣasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.94.7 English analysis of grammar]

kad < ka

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“what; who; ka [pronoun].”

atviṣanta < tviṣ

[verb], plural, Imperfect

sūrayas < sūrayaḥ < sūri

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“patron.”

tira < tiras

[adverb]

“tiras [word]; away; secretly.”

āpa < āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

sridhaḥ < sridh

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“failure; damage.”

arṣanti < ṛṣ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“run.”

pūtadakṣasaḥ < pūta <

[verb noun]

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

pūtadakṣasaḥ < dakṣasaḥ < dakṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“intelligent.”

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