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 9.5.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तनू॒नपा॒त्पव॑मान॒: शृङ्गे॒ शिशा॑नो अर्षति । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ रार॑जत् ॥
तनूनपात्पवमानः शृङ्गे शिशानो अर्षति । अन्तरिक्षेण रारजत् ॥
tanūnapāt pavamānaḥ śṛṅge śiśāno arṣati | antarikṣeṇa rārajat ||

English translation:

“The pure-flowing Tanūnapāt, rushes sharpening its splendour on the height and hastens through the sky.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Tanūnapāt = a name of Soma, abhyo amśavo jāyante tataḥ somo jāyate, from the waters are born beams, from these is born Soma; hastens through the sky: that is, to the droṇakalaśa, according to the text, 'he takes āgrayaṇa libation with two streams'

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): asitaḥ kāśyapo devalo vā [asita kāśyapa devala vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तनू॒नपा॑त् । पव॑मानः । शृङ्गे॒ इति॑ । शिशा॑नः । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण । रार॑जत् ॥
तनूनपात् । पवमानः । शृङ्गे इति । शिशानः । अर्षति । अन्तरिक्षेण । रारजत् ॥
tanūnapāt | pavamānaḥ | śṛṅgeiti | śiśānaḥ | arṣati | antarikṣeṇa | rārajat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.5.2 English analysis of grammar]

tanūnapāt < tanūnapād < tanūnapāt

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Agni.”

pavamānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

śṛṅge < śṛṅga

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“peak; horn; tusk; śṛṅga [word].”

śiśāno < śiśānaḥ < śā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”

arṣati < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

antarikṣeṇa < antarikṣa

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”

rārajat < rāraj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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