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 8.96.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रिः ष॒ष्टिस्त्वा॑ म॒रुतो॑ वावृधा॒ना उ॒स्रा इ॑व रा॒शयो॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑सः । उप॒ त्वेम॑: कृ॒धि नो॑ भाग॒धेयं॒ शुष्मं॑ त ए॒ना ह॒विषा॑ विधेम ॥
त्रिः षष्टिस्त्वा मरुतो वावृधाना उस्रा इव राशयो यज्ञियासः । उप त्वेमः कृधि नो भागधेयं शुष्मं त एना हविषा विधेम ॥
triḥ ṣaṣṭis tvā maruto vāvṛdhānā usrā iva rāśayo yajñiyāsaḥ | upa tvemaḥ kṛdhi no bhāgadheyaṃ śuṣmaṃ ta enā haviṣā vidhema ||
English translation:
“These sixty-three Maruts were worthy of sacrifice nourishing your vigour like cows gathered together;we come to you, do you grant us our portion; so will we produce strength in you by this offering.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Thesesixty-three Maruts: triḥ śaṣṭiḥ = thrice sixty; or, sixty-three; these were the nine companies of the Maruts, eachcomposed of seven. Śukla Yajus. 17.81-86 enumerates six companies of seven each; Taittirīya Saṃhitā1.5.11: saptagaṇā vai Marutāḥ; another gaṇa is to be sought in another śākhā; or in a khila; cf. TaittirīyaĀraṇyaka 4.24.25 for three gaṇas
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tiraścīradyutāno vā marutaḥ [tiraścīradyutāna vā maruta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्रिः । ष॒ष्टिः । त्वा॒ । म॒रुतः॑ । व॒वृ॒धा॒नाः । उ॒स्राःऽइ॑व । रा॒शयः॑ । य॒ज्ञिया॑सः । उप॑ । त्वा॒ । इ॒मः॒ । कृ॒धि । नः॒ । भा॒ग॒ऽधेय॑म् । शुष्म॑म् । ते॒ । ए॒ना । ह॒विषा॑ । वि॒धे॒म॒ ॥
त्रिः । षष्टिः । त्वा । मरुतः । ववृधानाः । उस्राःइव । राशयः । यज्ञियासः । उप । त्वा । इमः । कृधि । नः । भागधेयम् । शुष्मम् । ते । एना । हविषा । विधेम ॥
triḥ | ṣaṣṭiḥ | tvā | marutaḥ | vavṛdhānāḥ | usrāḥ-iva | rāśayaḥ | yajñiyāsaḥ | upa | tvā | imaḥ | kṛdhi | naḥ | bhāga-dheyam | śuṣmam | te | enā | haviṣā | vidhema
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.96.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“thrice; tris [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“sixty; sixtieth; ṣaṣṭi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; dawn.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“pile; quantity; sign of the zodiac; mass.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“parcel; bhāgadheya [word]; Destiny; destiny.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“worship; offer.”