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 1.42.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श॒ग्धि पू॒र्धि प्र यं॑सि च शिशी॒हि प्रास्यु॒दर॑म् । पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः ॥
शग्धि पूर्धि प्र यंसि च शिशीहि प्रास्युदरम् । पूषन्निह क्रतुं विदः ॥
śagdhi pūrdhi pra yaṃsi ca śiśīhi prāsy udaram | pūṣann iha kratuṃ vidaḥ ||
English translation:
“Be favourable to us, fill us (with abundance), give us (all goood things), sharpen us (with vigour), fill our bellies, Pūṣan, know how to protect us on this (journey).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pūṣā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श॒ग्धि । पू॒र्धि । प्र । यं॒सि॒ । च॒ । शि॒शी॒हि । प्रासि॑ । उ॒दर॑म् । पूष॑न् । इ॒ह । क्रतु॑म् । वि॒दः॒ ॥
शग्धि । पूर्धि । प्र । यंसि । च । शिशीहि । प्रासि । उदरम् । पूषन् । इह । क्रतुम् । विदः ॥
śagdhi | pūrdhi | pra | yaṃsi | ca | śiśīhi | prāsi | udaram | pūṣan | iha | kratum | vidaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.42.9 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“can; invigorate.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“fill; satisfy.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“udara; cavity; abdomen; inside; stomach; belly; udara [word]; garbha; abdominal disease; intestine; inside; uterus; vessel.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”