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 9.46.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ष्कृतास॒ इन्द॑वो॒ योषे॑व॒ पित्र्या॑वती । वा॒युं सोमा॑ असृक्षत ॥
परिष्कृतास इन्दवो योषेव पित्र्यावती । वायुं सोमा असृक्षत ॥
pariṣkṛtāsa indavo yoṣeva pitryāvatī | vāyuṃ somā asṛkṣata ||

English translation:

“The Soma-juices pressed (at the sacrifice), adorned like a bride who has a father, flow to Vāyu.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ऽकृतासः । इन्द॑वः । योषा॑ऽइव । पित्र्य॑ऽवती । वा॒युम् । सोमाः॑ । अ॒सृ॒क्ष॒त॒ ॥
परिकृतासः । इन्दवः । योषाइव । पित्र्यवती । वायुम् । सोमाः । असृक्षत ॥
pari-kṛtāsaḥ | indavaḥ | yoṣā-iva | pitrya-vatī | vāyum | somāḥ | asṛkṣata

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.46.2 English analysis of grammar]

pariṣkṛtāsa < pariṣkṛtāsaḥ < pariṣkṛ < √kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“decorate.”

indavo < indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

yoṣeva < yoṣā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“woman; puppet; daughter.”

yoṣeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

pitryāvatī < pitryāvat

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

vāyuṃ < vāyum < vāyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

somā < somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

asṛkṣata < sṛj

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”

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