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 10.157.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ॒दि॒त्यैरिन्द्र॒: सग॑णो म॒रुद्भि॑र॒स्माकं॑ भूत्ववि॒ता त॒नूना॑म् ॥
आदित्यैरिन्द्रः सगणो मरुद्भिरस्माकं भूत्वविता तनूनाम् ॥
ādityair indraḥ sagaṇo marudbhir asmākam bhūtv avitā tanūnām ||

English translation:

“May Indra with the Ādityas, and attended by the Maruts, be the protector of our bodies.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhuvana āptyaḥ sādhano vā bhauvanaḥ [bhuvana āptya sādhanabhauvana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): dvipadātriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ॒दि॒त्यैः । इन्द्रः॑ । सऽग॑णः । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । अ॒स्माक॑म् । भू॒तु॒ । अ॒वि॒ता । त॒नू॑नाम् ॥
आदित्यैः । इन्द्रः । सगणः । मरुत्भिः । अस्माकम् । भूतु । अविता । तनूनाम् ॥
ādityaiḥ | indraḥ | sa-gaṇaḥ | marut-bhiḥ | asmākam | bhūtu | avitā | tanūnām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.157.3 English analysis of grammar]

ādityair < ādityaiḥ < āditya

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

sagaṇo < sa

[adverb]

“with; little; together.”

sagaṇo < gaṇaḥ < gaṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”

marudbhir < marudbhiḥ < marut

[noun], instrumental, plural

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

asmākam < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

bhūtv < bhūtu < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

avitā < avitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“favorable.”

tanūnām < tanu

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“body; embodiment; life; life; root; body; form.”

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