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 1.39.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

असा॑मि॒ हि प्र॑यज्यव॒: कण्वं॑ द॒द प्र॑चेतसः । असा॑मिभिर्मरुत॒ आ न॑ ऊ॒तिभि॒र्गन्ता॑ वृ॒ष्टिं न वि॒द्युत॑: ॥
असामि हि प्रयज्यवः कण्वं दद प्रचेतसः । असामिभिर्मरुत आ न ऊतिभिर्गन्ता वृष्टिं न विद्युतः ॥
asāmi hi prayajyavaḥ kaṇvaṃ dada pracetasaḥ | asāmibhir maruta ā na ūtibhir gantā vṛṣṭiṃ na vidyutaḥ ||

English translation:

Pracetasas, who are to be unreservedly worshipped, uphold (the sacrificer) Kaṇva; come to us, Maruts, with undivided protective assistance, as the lightning (bring) the rain.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Pracetas: an epithet: pra (those possessed of superior) cetas (intellect).

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): pathyāvṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

असा॑मि । हि । प्र॒ऽय॒ज्य॒वः॒ । कण्व॑म् । द॒द । प्र॒ऽचे॒त॒सः॒ । असा॑मिऽभिः । म॒रु॒तः॒ । आ । नः॒ । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । गन्त॑ । वृ॒ष्टिम् । न । वि॒ऽद्युतः॑ ॥
असामि । हि । प्रयज्यवः । कण्वम् । दद । प्रचेतसः । असामिभिः । मरुतः । आ । नः । ऊतिभिः । गन्त । वृष्टिम् । न । विद्युतः ॥
asāmi | hi | pra-yajyavaḥ | kaṇvam | dṛ | pra-cetasaḥ | asāmi-bhiḥ | marutaḥ | ā | naḥ | ūti-bhiḥ | ganta | vṛṣṭim | na | vi-dyutaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.39.9 English analysis of grammar]

asāmi

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“perfect; complete; entire.”

hi

[adverb]

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

prayajyavaḥ < prayajyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

kaṇvaṃ < kaṇvam < kaṇva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”

dada <

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

pracetasaḥ < pracetas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“intelligent; mindful; attentive; wise; apt; observant.”

asāmibhir < asāmibhiḥ < asāmi

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“perfect; complete; entire.”

maruta < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

ūtibhir < ūtibhiḥ < ūti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

gantā < gam

[verb], plural, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

vṛṣṭiṃ < vṛṣṭim < vṛṣṭi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“rain; shower; rainy season.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vidyutaḥ < vidyut

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“lightning; Vidyut; thunderbolt.”

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