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 8.94.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ ये विश्वा॒ पार्थि॑वानि प॒प्रथ॑न्रोच॒ना दि॒वः । म॒रुत॒: सोम॑पीतये ॥
आ ये विश्वा पार्थिवानि पप्रथन्रोचना दिवः । मरुतः सोमपीतये ॥
ā ye viśvā pārthivāni paprathan rocanā divaḥ | marutaḥ somapītaye ||

English translation:

“(We invoke) those maruts to drink our Soma, who have spread our all the things of earth and theluminaries of heaven.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ pūtadakṣo vā [binduḥ pūtadakṣa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । ये । विश्वा॑ । पार्थि॑वानि । प॒प्रथ॑न् । रो॒च॒ना । दि॒वः । म॒रुतः॑ । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
आ । ये । विश्वा । पार्थिवानि । पप्रथन् । रोचना । दिवः । मरुतः । सोमपीतये ॥
ā | ye | viśvā | pārthivāni | paprathan | rocanā | divaḥ | marutaḥ | soma-pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.94.9 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

pārthivāni < pārthiva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“earthly; earthen; mundane; royal; tellurian; sublunar.”

paprathan < prath

[verb], plural, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)

“be known; expand; expand; boom.”

rocanā < rocana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“light; celestial sphere.”

divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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