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 9.1.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भी॒३॒॑ममघ्न्या॑ उ॒त श्री॒णन्ति॑ धे॒नव॒: शिशु॑म् । सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ॥
अभीममघ्न्या उत श्रीणन्ति धेनवः शिशुम् । सोममिन्द्राय पातवे ॥
abhīmam aghnyā uta śrīṇanti dhenavaḥ śiśum | somam indrāya pātave ||

English translation:

“The inviolable kine mingle this fresh Soma with their milk for Indra to drink.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । इ॒मम् । अघ्न्याः॑ । उ॒त । श्री॒णन्ति॑ । धे॒नवः॑ । शिशु॑म् । सोम॑म् । इन्द्रा॑य । पात॑वे ॥
अभि । इमम् । अघ्न्याः । उत । श्रीणन्ति । धेनवः । शिशुम् । सोमम् । इन्द्राय । पातवे ॥
abhi | imam | aghnyāḥ | uta | śrīṇanti | dhenavaḥ | śiśum | somam | indrāya | pātave

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.1.9 English analysis of grammar]

abhīmam < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

abhīmam < imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

aghnyā < aghnyāḥ < aghnyā

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“cow.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

śrīṇanti < śrī

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“cook; boil; heat; cook; mix.”

dhenavaḥ < dhenu

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”

śiśum < śiśu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“child; young; baby; śiśu [word]; Śiśu; male child; fetus.”

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

pātave <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

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