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 8.94.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्यं नु मारु॑तं ग॒णं गि॑रि॒ष्ठां वृष॑णं हुवे । अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥
त्यं नु मारुतं गणं गिरिष्ठां वृषणं हुवे । अस्य सोमस्य पीतये ॥
tyaṃ nu mārutaṃ gaṇaṃ giriṣṭhāṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ huve | asya somasya pītaye ||
English translation:
“I invoke that band of the Maruts, abiding in the clouds, the showerers, to drink this Soma.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ pūtadakṣo vā [binduḥ pūtadakṣa vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्यम् । नु । मारु॑तम् । ग॒णम् । गि॒रि॒ऽस्थाम् । वृष॑णम् । हु॒वे॒ । अ॒स्य । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
त्यम् । नु । मारुतम् । गणम् । गिरिस्थाम् । वृषणम् । हुवे । अस्य । सोमस्य । पीतये ॥
tyam | nu | mārutam | gaṇam | giri-sthām | vṛṣaṇam | huve | asya | somasya | pītaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.94.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“that.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Marut(a).”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb noun]
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”