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 9.3.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ष दे॒वो र॑थर्यति॒ पव॑मानो दशस्यति । आ॒विष्कृ॑णोति वग्व॒नुम् ॥
एष देवो रथर्यति पवमानो दशस्यति । आविष्कृणोति वग्वनुम् ॥
eṣa devo ratharyati pavamāno daśasyati | āviṣ kṛṇoti vagvanum ||

English translation:

“This divine (Soma), as it drops, prepares its chariot (to come to us); it flings us our boons, it utters a sound.”

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 । र॒थ॒र्य॒ति॒ । पव॑मानः । द॒श॒स्य॒ति॒ । आ॒विः । कृ॒णो॒ति॒ । व॒ग्व॒नुम् ॥
एषः । देवः । रथर्यति । पवमानः । दशस्यति । आविः । कृणोति । वग्वनुम् ॥
eṣaḥ | devaḥ | ratharyati | pavamānaḥ | daśasyati | āviḥ | kṛṇoti | vagvanum

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.3.5 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.”

ratharyati < rathary

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“drive.”

pavamāno < pavamānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

daśasyati < daśasy

[verb], singular, Present indikative

āviṣkṛṇoti < āviṣkṛ < √kṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“show; uncover.”

vagvanum < vagvanu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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