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 1.43.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यास्ते॑ प्र॒जा अ॒मृत॑स्य॒ पर॑स्मि॒न्धाम॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ । मू॒र्धा नाभा॑ सोम वेन आ॒भूष॑न्तीः सोम वेदः ॥
यास्ते प्रजा अमृतस्य परस्मिन्धामन्नृतस्य । मूर्धा नाभा सोम वेन आभूषन्तीः सोम वेदः ॥
yās te prajā amṛtasya parasmin dhāmann ṛtasya | mūrdhā nābhā soma vena ābhūṣantīḥ soma vedaḥ ||
English translation:
“Soma, who are immortal, and abide in an excellent dwelling, have regard for your subjects, when at their head in the hall of sacrifice you observe them (engaed in) decorating you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याः । ते॒ । प्र॒ऽजाः । अ॒मृत॑स्य । पर॑स्मिन् । धाम॑न् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । मू॒र्धा । नाभा॑ । सो॒म॒ । वे॒नः॒ । आ॒ऽभूष॑न्तीः । सो॒म॒ । वे॒दः॒ ॥
याः । ते । प्रजाः । अमृतस्य । परस्मिन् । धामन् । ऋतस्य । मूर्धा । नाभा । सोम । वेनः । आभूषन्तीः । सोम । वेदः ॥
yāḥ | te | pra-jāḥ | amṛtasya | parasmin | dhāman | ṛtasya | mūrdhā | nābhā | soma | venaḥ | ābhūṣantīḥ | soma | vedaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.43.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“people; offspring; being; national; man; prajā [word]; creature; child; descendants; population; race; animal.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“amṛta; immortality; vatsanābha; ambrosia; mercury; medicine; vighasa; calcium hydroxide.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“best; other; following; devoted(p); extreme; highest; otherwordly; better; hostile; maximal; distant; another(a); para [word]; upper; concluding; foreign; earlier; worse; longer; finest; excessive.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“domain; dwelling; law; appearance; light; race; agreement; color; location.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“navel; hub; kinship; beginning; origin; umbilical cord; nābhi [word]; friendship; center.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“circulate.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“cover.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”