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 7.9.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स सु॒क्रतु॒र्यो वि दुर॑: पणी॒नां पु॑ना॒नो अ॒र्कं पु॑रु॒भोज॑सं नः । होता॑ म॒न्द्रो वि॒शां दमू॑नास्ति॒रस्तमो॑ ददृशे रा॒म्याणा॑म् ॥
स सुक्रतुर्यो वि दुरः पणीनां पुनानो अर्कं पुरुभोजसं नः । होता मन्द्रो विशां दमूनास्तिरस्तमो ददृशे राम्याणाम् ॥
sa sukratur yo vi duraḥ paṇīnām punāno arkam purubhojasaṃ naḥ | hotā mandro viśāṃ damūnās tiras tamo dadṛśe rāmyāṇām ||

English translation:

“He, the doer of great deeds, who forced open the doors of the Paṇis, recovered for us the sacredfood-bestowing (herd of kine), he who is the invoker of the gods, the giver of delight to the lowly-minded, is seenof all people dissipating the gloom of the nights.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । सु॒ऽक्रतुः॑ । यः । वि । दुरः॑ । प॒णी॒नाम् । पु॒ना॒नः । अ॒र्कम् । पु॒रु॒ऽभोज॑सम् । नः॒ । होता॑ । म॒न्द्रः । वि॒शाम् । दमू॑नाः । ति॒रः । तमः॑ । द॒दृ॒शे॒ । रा॒म्याणा॑म् ॥
सः । सुक्रतुः । यः । वि । दुरः । पणीनाम् । पुनानः । अर्कम् । पुरुभोजसम् । नः । होता । मन्द्रः । विशाम् । दमूनाः । तिरः । तमः । ददृशे । राम्याणाम् ॥
saḥ | su-kratuḥ | yaḥ | vi | duraḥ | paṇīnām | punānaḥ | arkam | puru-bhojasam | naḥ | hotā | mandraḥ | viśām | damūnāḥ | tiraḥ | tamaḥ | dadṛśe | rāmyāṇām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.9.2 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

sukratur < sukratuḥ < sukratu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wise.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

duraḥ < dvār

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“door; means.”

paṇīnām < paṇi

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“niggard; paṇ.”

punāno < punānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

arkam < arka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”

purubhojasaṃ < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

purubhojasaṃ < bhojasam < bhojas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“advantage; utility; food.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

hotā < hotṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

mandro < mandraḥ < mandra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”

viśāṃ < viśām < viś

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

damūnās < damūnāḥ < damūnas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“master.”

tiras

[adverb]

“tiras [word]; away; secretly.”

tamo < tamaḥ < tamas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”

dadṛśe < dṛś

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”

rāmyāṇām < rāmyā

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“night; night.”

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