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 9.108.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं ह्य१॒॑ङ्ग दैव्या॒ पव॑मान॒ जनि॑मानि द्यु॒मत्त॑मः । अ॒मृ॒त॒त्वाय॑ घो॒षय॑: ॥
त्वं ह्यङ्ग दैव्या पवमान जनिमानि द्युमत्तमः । अमृतत्वाय घोषयः ॥
tvaṃ hy aṅga daivyā pavamāna janimāni dyumattamaḥ | amṛtatvāya ghoṣayaḥ ||

English translation:

“For you, Pavamāna, who aremost brilliant quickly shout to the races of the gods for (the sake of their) immortality.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaktiḥ [śakti];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । हि । अ॒ङ्ग । दैव्या॑ । पव॑मान । जनि॑मानि । द्यु॒मत्ऽत॑मः । अ॒मृ॒त॒ऽत्वाय॑ । घो॒षयः॑ ॥
त्वम् । हि । अङ्ग । दैव्या । पवमान । जनिमानि । द्युमत्तमः । अमृतत्वाय । घोषयः ॥
tvam | hi | aṅga | daivyā | pavamāna | janimāni | dyumat-tamaḥ | amṛta-tvāya | ghoṣayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.108.3 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

hy < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

aṅga

[adverb]

“in truth; aṅga [word]; entirely; merely.”

daivyā < daivya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“divine; divine; celestial.”

pavamāna <

[verb noun], vocative, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

janimāni < janiman

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“birth; offspring; origin; kind; being.”

dyumattamaḥ < dyumattama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

amṛtatvāya < amṛta

[noun]

“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”

amṛtatvāya < tvāya < tva

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“state; quality; cause; reason.”

ghoṣayaḥ < ghoṣay < √ghuṣ

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“proclaim.”

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