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 9.49.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पव॑मानो असिष्यद॒द्रक्षां॑स्यप॒जङ्घ॑नत् । प्र॒त्न॒वद्रो॒चय॒न्रुच॑: ॥
पवमानो असिष्यदद्रक्षांस्यपजङ्घनत् । प्रत्नवद्रोचयन्रुचः ॥
pavamāno asiṣyadad rakṣāṃsy apajaṅghanat | pratnavad rocayan rucaḥ ||
English translation:
“The purifier (the Soma) flows forth destroying the rākṣasas, flashing out brilliance as of old.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavibhārgavaḥ [kavibhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पव॑मानः । अ॒सि॒स्य॒द॒त् । रक्षां॑सि । अ॒प॒ऽजङ्घ॑नत् । प्र॒त्न॒ऽवत् । रो॒चय॑न् । रुचः॑ ॥
पवमानः । असिस्यदत् । रक्षांसि । अपजङ्घनत् । प्रत्नवत् । रोचयन् । रुचः ॥
pavamānaḥ | asisyadat | rakṣāṃsi | apa-jaṅghanat | pratna-vat | rocayan | rucaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.49.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)
“run.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun]
“age-old; pratna [word].”
[adverb]
“equally; like.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“like; approve; like; simulate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“beam; radiance; color.”