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 9.69.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इषु॒र्न धन्व॒न्प्रति॑ धीयते म॒तिर्व॒त्सो न मा॒तुरुप॑ स॒र्ज्यूध॑नि । उ॒रुधा॑रेव दुहे॒ अग्र॑ आय॒त्यस्य॑ व्र॒तेष्वपि॒ सोम॑ इष्यते ॥
इषुर्न धन्वन्प्रति धीयते मतिर्वत्सो न मातुरुप सर्ज्यूधनि । उरुधारेव दुहे अग्र आयत्यस्य व्रतेष्वपि सोम इष्यते ॥
iṣur na dhanvan prati dhīyate matir vatso na mātur upa sarjy ūdhani | urudhāreva duhe agra āyaty asya vrateṣv api soma iṣyate ||
English translation:
“(Our) praise is attached (to Indra) as an arrow to the bow; (the Soma-juice) is let loose to (Indra) the fosterer as a calf to the udder to its mother; (Indra sheds blessings) as a cow having a copious stream of milk yields it when coming into the presence (of the calf); in Indra's sacrifices the Soma is stimulated.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The fosterer: ūdhani = Indra, because he is the nourisher of everything
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इषुः॑ । न । धन्व॑न् । प्रति॑ । धी॒य॒ते॒ । म॒तिः । व॒त्सः । न । मा॒तुः । उप॑ । स॒र्जि॒ । ऊर्ध॑नि । उ॒रुधा॑राऽइव । दु॒हे॒ । अग्रे॑ । आ॒ऽय॒ती । अस्य॑ । व्र॒तेषु॑ । अपि॑ । सोमः॑ । इ॒ष्य॒ते॒ ॥
इषुः । न । धन्वन् । प्रति । धीयते । मतिः । वत्सः । न । मातुः । उप । सर्जि । ऊर्धनि । उरुधाराइव । दुहे । अग्रे । आयती । अस्य । व्रतेषु । अपि । सोमः । इष्यते ॥
iṣuḥ | na | dhanvan | prati | dhīyate | matiḥ | vatsaḥ | na | mātuḥ | upa | sarji | ūrdhani | urudhārā-iva | duhe | agre | āyatī | asya | vrateṣu | api | somaḥ | iṣyate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.69.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“arrow; iṣu [word]; iṣ; five; munj.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“bow; desert; steppe; barren.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“calf; child; Vatsa; vatsa [word]; juvenile; Vatsa; Vatsa; Vatsa; son; male child.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”
[noun]
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“blade; edge; acme; nostrils.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“milk.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“come; travel.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[adverb]
“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”