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 9.5.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वे॑ देवा॒: स्वाहा॑कृतिं॒ पव॑मान॒स्या ग॑त । वा॒युर्बृह॒स्पति॒: सूर्यो॒ऽग्निरिन्द्र॑: स॒जोष॑सः ॥
विश्वे देवाः स्वाहाकृतिं पवमानस्या गत । वायुर्बृहस्पतिः सूर्योऽग्निरिन्द्रः सजोषसः ॥
viśve devāḥ svāhākṛtim pavamānasyā gata | vāyur bṛhaspatiḥ sūryo 'gnir indraḥ sajoṣasaḥ ||

English translation:

“O all ye gods, come together to the consecration of the Soma-- Vāyu, Bṛhaspati, Sūrya, Agni and Indra.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वे॑ । देवाः॑ । स्वाहा॑ऽकृतिम् । पव॑मानस्य । आ । ग॒त॒ । वा॒युः । बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । सूर्यः॑ । अ॒ग्निः । इन्द्रः॑ स॒जोष॑सः ॥
विश्वे । देवाः । स्वाहाकृतिम् । पवमानस्य । आ । गत । वायुः । बृहस्पतिः । सूर्यः । अग्निः । इन्द्रः सजोषसः ॥
viśve | devāḥ | svāhā-kṛtim | pavamānasya | ā | gata | vāyuḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ | sūryaḥ | agniḥ | indraḥ | sajoṣasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.5.11 English analysis of grammar]

viśve < viśva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

devāḥ < deva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

svāhākṛtim < svāhākṛti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

pavamānasyā < pavamānasya <

[verb noun], genitive, singular

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

pavamānasyā < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

gata < gam

[verb], plural, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

vāyur < vāyuḥ < vāyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

bṛhaspatiḥ < bṛhaspati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”

sūryo < sūryaḥ < sūrya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

'gnir < agniḥ < agni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

sajoṣasaḥ < sajoṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”

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