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 9.3.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ष दे॒वो अम॑र्त्यः पर्ण॒वीरि॑व दीयति । अ॒भि द्रोणा॑न्या॒सद॑म् ॥
एष देवो अमर्त्यः पर्णवीरिव दीयति । अभि द्रोणान्यासदम् ॥
eṣa devo amartyaḥ parṇavīr iva dīyati | abhi droṇāny āsadam ||

English translation:

“This divine immortal (Soma) hastens as a bird to settle on the sacrificial vessels.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The droṇas are the large troughs called drona.kalaśa

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥ śepaḥ [śuna śepa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒षः । दे॒वः । अम॑र्त्यः । प॒र्ण॒वीःऽइ॑व । दी॒य॒ति॒ । अ॒भि । द्रोणा॑नि । आ॒ऽसद॑म् ॥
एषः । देवः । अमर्त्यः । पर्णवीःइव । दीयति । अभि । द्रोणानि । आसदम् ॥
eṣaḥ | devaḥ | amartyaḥ | parṇavīḥ-iva | dīyati | abhi | droṇāni | āsadam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.3.1 English analysis of grammar]

eṣa < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

devo < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

amartyaḥ < amartya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“immortal.”

parṇavīr < parṇa

[noun], neuter

“leaf; feather; parṇa [word]; leaf; wing.”

parṇavīr < vīḥ <

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

dīyati <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

droṇāny < droṇāni < droṇa

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

āsadam < āsad < √sad

[verb noun]

“approach; attack; sit down; approach; find; arrive.”

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