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 9.3.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ष दिवं॒ व्यास॑रत्ति॒रो रजां॒स्यस्पृ॑तः । पव॑मानः स्वध्व॒रः ॥
एष दिवं व्यासरत्तिरो रजांस्यस्पृतः । पवमानः स्वध्वरः ॥
eṣa divaṃ vy āsarat tiro rajāṃsy aspṛtaḥ | pavamānaḥ svadhvaraḥ ||
English translation:
“As it drops, completing the sacrifice, it passes across the worlds in inviolable to heaven.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Astṛtaḥ replaces aspṛtaḥ in Sāmaveda
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥ śepaḥ [śuna śepa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षः । दिव॑म् । वि । आ । अ॒स॒र॒त् । ति॒रः । रजां॑सि । अस्पृ॑तः । पव॑मानः । सु॒ऽअ॒ध्व॒रः ॥
एषः । दिवम् । वि । आ । असरत् । तिरः । रजांसि । अस्पृतः । पवमानः । सुअध्वरः ॥
eṣaḥ | divam | vi | ā | asarat | tiraḥ | rajāṃsi | aspṛtaḥ | pavamānaḥ | su-adhvaraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.3.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
[adverb]
“tiras [word]; away; secretly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”