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 9.5.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब॒र्हिः प्रा॒चीन॒मोज॑सा॒ पव॑मानः स्तृ॒णन्हरि॑: । दे॒वेषु॑ दे॒व ई॑यते ॥
बर्हिः प्राचीनमोजसा पवमानः स्तृणन्हरिः । देवेषु देव ईयते ॥
barhiḥ prācīnam ojasā pavamānaḥ stṛṇan hariḥ | deveṣu deva īyate ||
English translation:
“The bright golden-hued pure-flowing one rushes in its might, strewing the sacred grass in the sacrifice with its points towards the cast.”
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]:
ब॒र्हिः । प्रा॒चीन॑म् । ओज॑सा । पव॑मानः । स्तृ॒णन् । हरिः॑ । दे॒वेषु॑ । दे॒वः । ई॒य॒ते॒ ॥
बर्हिः । प्राचीनम् । ओजसा । पवमानः । स्तृणन् । हरिः । देवेषु । देवः । ईयते ॥
barhiḥ | prācīnam | ojasā | pavamānaḥ | stṛṇan | hariḥ | deveṣu | devaḥ | īyate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.5.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eastern; frontal.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“spread; kill; lay; cover.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”