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...

Disclaimer: These are translations of Sanskrit texts and are not necessarily approved by everyone associated with the traditions connected to these texts. Consult the source and original scripture in case of doubt.

Rig Veda 9.36.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शु॒म्भमा॑न ऋता॒युभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः । पव॑ते॒ वारे॑ अ॒व्यये॑ ॥
शुम्भमान ऋतायुभिर्मृज्यमानो गभस्त्योः । पवते वारे अव्यये ॥
śumbhamāna ṛtāyubhir mṛjyamāno gabhastyoḥ | pavate vāre avyaye ||

English translation:

“Beautified by the ministers of the rite, expressed by their hands, (the Soma) flows through the woollen filter.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prabhuvasuḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शु॒म्भमा॑नः । ऋ॒त॒युऽभिः॑ । मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः । गभ॑स्त्योः । पव॑ते । वारे॑ । अ॒व्यये॑ ॥
शुम्भमानः । ऋतयुभिः । मृज्यमानः । गभस्त्योः । पवते । वारे । अव्यये ॥
śumbhamānaḥ | ṛtayu-bhiḥ | mṛjyamānaḥ | gabhastyoḥ | pavate | vāre | avyaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.36.4 English analysis of grammar]

śumbhamāna < śumbhamānaḥ < śubh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“look; shine; beautify.”

ṛtāyubhir < ṛtāyubhiḥ < ṛtāyu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

mṛjyamāno < mṛjyamānaḥ < mṛj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

gabhastyoḥ < gabhasti

[noun], locative, dual, masculine

“beam; hand; sun.”

pavate <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

vāre < vāra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“strainer.”

avyaye < avyaya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sheep.”

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