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 10.77.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भ्र॒प्रुषो॒ न वा॒चा प्रु॑षा॒ वसु॑ ह॒विष्म॑न्तो॒ न य॒ज्ञा वि॑जा॒नुष॑: । सु॒मारु॑तं॒ न ब्र॒ह्माण॑म॒र्हसे॑ ग॒णम॑स्तोष्येषां॒ न शो॒भसे॑ ॥
अभ्रप्रुषो न वाचा प्रुषा वसु हविष्मन्तो न यज्ञा विजानुषः । सुमारुतं न ब्रह्माणमर्हसे गणमस्तोष्येषां न शोभसे ॥
abhrapruṣo na vācā pruṣā vasu haviṣmanto na yajñā vijānuṣaḥ | sumārutaṃ na brahmāṇam arhase gaṇam astoṣy eṣāṃ na śobhase ||
English translation:
“(The Maruts), plural ased with our praise like water-drops sent down by clouds, shower wealth; they arethe genitive rators (of the world) like sacrifices abounding with oblations; I have not praised the mighty band ofMaruts (adequately) for their honour or of their glory.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): syūmaraśmirbhārgavaḥ [syūmaraśmirbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भ्र॒ऽप्रुषः॑ । न । वा॒चा । प्रु॒ष॒ । वसु॑ । ह॒विष्म॑न्तः । न । य॒ज्ञाः । वि॒ऽजा॒नुषः॑ । सु॒ऽमारु॑तम् । न । ब्र॒ह्माण॑म् । अ॒र्हसे॑ । ग॒णम् । अ॒स्तो॒षि॒ । ए॒षा॒म् । न । शो॒भसे॑ ॥
अभ्रप्रुषः । न । वाचा । प्रुष । वसु । हविष्मन्तः । न । यज्ञाः । विजानुषः । सुमारुतम् । न । ब्रह्माणम् । अर्हसे । गणम् । अस्तोषि । एषाम् । न । शोभसे ॥
abhra-pruṣaḥ | na | vācā | pruṣa | vasu | haviṣmantaḥ | na | yajñāḥ | vi-jānuṣaḥ | su-mārutam | na | brahmāṇam | arhase | gaṇam | astoṣi | eṣām | na | śobhase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.77.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“rain.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sprinkle; wet.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sacrificing.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; come to know; notice; determine; think of; find; learn; perceive; identify; recognize; understand; know; learn; ascertain; detect; deem.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wind; vāta; Vayu; Marut; prāṇa (coll.); breath; air; fart; air.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; Brahmin; dhak; Brahman; brahman [word]; Brahman; Brahmin; Brahmapurāṇa; Vishnu; Brihaspati.”
[verb noun]
“should; may; rate; can; can; equal; necessitate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”
[verb], singular, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun]
“look; shine; beautify.”