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 9.56.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि त्वा॒ योष॑णो॒ दश॑ जा॒रं न क॒न्या॑नूषत । मृ॒ज्यसे॑ सोम सा॒तये॑ ॥
अभि त्वा योषणो दश जारं न कन्यानूषत । मृज्यसे सोम सातये ॥
abhi tvā yoṣaṇo daśa jāraṃ na kanyānūṣata | mṛjyase soma sātaye ||

English translation:

“The ten fingers commend you, Soma, as a maiden her lover, you are cleansed in order to bestow (wealth on us).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । त्वा॒ । योष॑णः । दश॑ । जा॒रम् । न । क॒न्या॑ । अ॒नू॒ष॒त॒ । मृ॒ज्यसे॑ । सो॒म॒ । सा॒तये॑ ॥
अभि । त्वा । योषणः । दश । जारम् । न । कन्या । अनूषत । मृज्यसे । सोम । सातये ॥
abhi | tvā | yoṣaṇaḥ | daśa | jāram | na | kanyā | anūṣata | mṛjyase | soma | sātaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.56.3 English analysis of grammar]

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

yoṣaṇo < yoṣaṇaḥ < yoṣan

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

daśa < daśan

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”

jāraṃ < jāram < jāra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fancy man.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

kanyānūṣata < kanyā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“girl; daughter; kanyā; virgin; Aloe perfoliata; Aloe Indica; female child; kanyā [word]; burn plant.”

kanyānūṣata < anūṣata <

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

“praise; shout.”

mṛjyase < mṛj

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

sātaye < sāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“victory; acquisition; contest.”

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