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 10.77.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श्रि॒ये मर्या॑सो अ॒ञ्जीँर॑कृण्वत सु॒मारु॑तं॒ न पू॒र्वीरति॒ क्षप॑: । दि॒वस्पु॒त्रास॒ एता॒ न ये॑तिर आदि॒त्यास॒स्ते अ॒क्रा न वा॑वृधुः ॥
श्रिये मर्यासो अञ्जीँरकृण्वत सुमारुतं न पूर्वीरति क्षपः । दिवस्पुत्रास एता न येतिर आदित्यासस्ते अक्रा न वावृधुः ॥
śriye maryāso añjīm̐r akṛṇvata sumārutaṃ na pūrvīr ati kṣapaḥ | divas putrāsa etā na yetira ādityāsas te akrā na vāvṛdhuḥ ||
English translation:
“The destructive (Maruts) made ornaments for their decoration many hostile hosts cannot overcomethe band of Maruts; the moving sons of heaven do not issue forth, the swift-going sons of Aditi do not increase (inglory).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Destructive: or, human; the Maruts were at first men, but through their good works obtained immortality;do not increase in glory: because, they are not praised by us
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): syūmaraśmirbhārgavaḥ [syūmaraśmirbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श्रि॒ये । मर्या॑सः । अ॒ञ्जीन् । अ॒कृ॒ण्व॒त॒ । सु॒ऽमारु॑तम् । न । पू॒र्वीः । अति॑ । क्षपः॑ । दि॒वः । पु॒त्रासः॑ । एताः॑ । न । ये॒ति॒रे॒ । आ॒दि॒त्यासः॑ । ते । अ॒क्राः । न । व॒वृ॒धुः॒ ॥
श्रिये । मर्यासः । अञ्जीन् । अकृण्वत । सुमारुतम् । न । पूर्वीः । अति । क्षपः । दिवः । पुत्रासः । एताः । न । येतिरे । आदित्यासः । ते । अक्राः । न । ववृधुः ॥
śriye | maryāsaḥ | añjīn | akṛṇvata | su-mārutam | na | pūrvīḥ | ati | kṣapaḥ | di vaḥ | putrāsaḥ | etāḥ | na | yetire | ādityāsaḥ | te | akrāḥ | na | vavṛdhuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.77.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“young buck; boyfriend.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“color; ointment; adornment.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“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.”
[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, plural, feminine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“night.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“eta [word]; antelope.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“strive; endeavor; join; equal; rival.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“banner.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”