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 1.191.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न॒वा॒नां न॑वती॒नां वि॒षस्य॒ रोपु॑षीणाम् । सर्वा॑सामग्रभं॒ नामा॒रे अ॑स्य॒ योज॑नं हरि॒ष्ठा मधु॑ त्वा मधु॒ला च॑कार ॥
नवानां नवतीनां विषस्य रोपुषीणाम् । सर्वासामग्रभं नामारे अस्य योजनं हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार ॥
navānāṃ navatīnāṃ viṣasya ropuṣīṇām | sarvāsām agrabhaṃ nāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra ||

English translation:

“I recite the names of ninety and nine (rivers), the destroyers of poison; although afar off, (the Sun), drawn by his coursers, will overtake the poison; the science of antidotes has converted you, (Poison), to ambrosia.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aboṣadhisūryāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न॒वा॒नाम् । न॒व॒ती॒नाम् । वि॒षस्य॑ । रोपु॑षीणाम् । सर्वा॑साम् । अ॒ग्र॒भ॒म् । नाम॑ । आ॒रे । अ॒स्य॒ । योज॑नम् । ह॒रि॒ऽस्थाः । मधु॑ । त्वा॒ । म॒धु॒ला । च॒का॒र॒ ॥
नवानाम् । नवतीनाम् । विषस्य । रोपुषीणाम् । सर्वासाम् । अग्रभम् । नाम । आरे । अस्य । योजनम् । हरिस्थाः । मधु । त्वा । मधुला । चकार ॥
navānām | navatīnām | viṣasya | ropuṣīṇām | sarvāsām | agrabham | nāma | āre | asya | yojanam | hari-sthāḥ | madhu | tvā | madhulā | cakāra

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.191.13 English analysis of grammar]

navānāṃ < navānām < navan

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“nine.”

navatīnāṃ < navatīnām < navati

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“ninety; navati [word].”

viṣasya < viṣa

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“poison; poisoning; viṣa; venom; vatsanābha; Aconitum Ferox; viṣa [word]; Viṣa; myrrh; myrrh.”

ropuṣīṇām < ropuṣī

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

sarvāsām < sarva

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”

agrabhaṃ < agrabham < grah

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”

nāmāre < nāma < nāman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”

nāmāre < āre

[adverb]

“far.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

yojanaṃ < yojanam < yojana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“yojana; use; yojana [word]; team.”

hariṣṭhā < hariṣṭhāḥ < hariṣṭhā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

madhu

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“sweet; deft.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

madhulā < madhula

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“sweet.”

cakāra < kṛ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

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