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 9.55.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यवं॑यवं नो॒ अन्ध॑सा पु॒ष्टम्पु॑ष्टं॒ परि॑ स्रव । सोम॒ विश्वा॑ च॒ सौभ॑गा ॥
यवंयवं नो अन्धसा पुष्टम्पुष्टं परि स्रव । सोम विश्वा च सौभगा ॥
yavaṃ-yavaṃ no andhasā puṣṭam-puṣṭam pari srava | soma viśvā ca saubhagā ||

English translation:

Soma, pour forth (in a stream of) food, abundant soft-collected (juice), and all good things.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): avatsāraḥ [avatsāra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यव॑म्ऽयवम् । नः॒ । अन्ध॑सा । पु॒ष्टम्ऽपु॑ष्टम् । परि॑ । स्र॒व॒ । सोम॑ । विश्वा॑ । च॒ । सौभ॑गा ॥
यवम्यवम् । नः । अन्धसा । पुष्टम्पुष्टम् । परि । स्रव । सोम । विश्वा । च । सौभगा ॥
yavam-yavam | naḥ | andhasā | puṣṭam-puṣtam | pari | srava | soma | viśvā | ca | saubhagā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.55.1 English analysis of grammar]

yavaṃ < yavam < yava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“barley; yava; barleycorn; yava [word]; yava; yavakṣāra; grain.”

yavaṃ < yavam < yava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“barley; yava; barleycorn; yava [word]; yava; yavakṣāra; grain.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

andhasā < andhas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

puṣṭaṃ < puṣṭam < puṣṭa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“prosperity; property.”

puṣṭaṃ < puṣṭam < puṣṭa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“prosperity; property.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

srava < sru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“discharge; issue; run; filter; discharge; liquefy; ejaculate; fail; disappear; leak; fester.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

saubhagā < saubhaga

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“well-being.”

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