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 4.58.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒न्या॑ इव वह॒तुमेत॒वा उ॑ अ॒ञ्ज्य॑ञ्जा॒ना अ॒भि चा॑कशीमि । यत्र॒ सोम॑: सू॒यते॒ यत्र॑ य॒ज्ञो घृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॑ अ॒भि तत्प॑वन्ते ॥
कन्या इव वहतुमेतवा उ अञ्ज्यञ्जाना अभि चाकशीमि । यत्र सोमः सूयते यत्र यज्ञो घृतस्य धारा अभि तत्पवन्ते ॥
kanyā iva vahatum etavā u añjy añjānā abhi cākaśīmi | yatra somaḥ sūyate yatra yajño ghṛtasya dhārā abhi tat pavante ||
English translation:
“I contemplate these streams of Ghī as they flow from where the Soma is effused, where the sacrifice (is solemnized), as maidens decorating themselves with unguents to go to the bridegroom.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ sūryo vā'po vā gāvo vā ghṛtaṃ vā ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क॒न्याः॑ऽइव । व॒ह॒तुम् । एत॒वै । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । अ॒ञ्जि । अ॒ञ्जा॒नाः । अ॒भि । चा॒क॒शी॒मि॒ । यत्र॑ । सोमः॑ । सू॒यते॑ । यत्र॑ । य॒ज्ञः । घृ॒तस्य॑ । धाराः॑ । अ॒भि । तत् । प॒व॒न्ते॒ ॥
कन्याःइव । वहतुम् । एतवै । ऊँ इति । अञ्जि । अञ्जानाः । अभि । चाकशीमि । यत्र । सोमः । सूयते । यत्र । यज्ञः । घृतस्य । धाराः । अभि । तत् । पवन्ते ॥
kanyāḥ-iva | vahatum | etavai | oṃ iti | añji | añjānāḥ | abhi | cākaśīmi | yatra | somaḥ | sūyate | yatra | yajñaḥ | ghṛtasya | dhārāḥ | abhi | tat | pavante
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.58.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“girl; daughter; kanyā; virgin; Aloe perfoliata; Aloe Indica; female child; kanyā [word]; burn plant.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“marriage.”
[verb noun]
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“color; ointment; adornment.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“smear; anoint; mix; color.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“press out; su.”
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”