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 9.3.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ष दे॒वो वि॑प॒न्युभि॒: पव॑मान ऋता॒युभि॑: । हरि॒र्वाजा॑य मृज्यते ॥
एष देवो विपन्युभिः पवमान ऋतायुभिः । हरिर्वाजाय मृज्यते ॥
eṣa devo vipanyubhiḥ pavamāna ṛtāyubhiḥ | harir vājāya mṛjyate ||

English translation:

“This divine (Soma), as it drops, is adorned (with hymns) by the sacrifice-desiring priests as a horse for battle.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒षः । दे॒वः । वि॒प॒न्युऽभिः॑ । पव॑मानः । ऋ॒त॒युऽभिः॑ । हरिः॑ । वाजा॑य । मृ॒ज्य॒ते॒ ॥
एषः । देवः । विपन्युभिः । पवमानः । ऋतयुभिः । हरिः । वाजाय । मृज्यते ॥
eṣaḥ | devaḥ | vipanyu-bhiḥ | pavamānaḥ | ṛtayu-bhiḥ | hariḥ | vājāya | mṛjyate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.3.3 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.”

vipanyubhiḥ < vipanyu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“admiring; laudatory.”

pavamāna < pavamānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

ṛtāyubhiḥ < ṛtāyu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

harir < hariḥ < hari

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

vājāya < vāja

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

mṛjyate < mṛj

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

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