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 9.6.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒न्द्रया॑ सोम॒ धार॑या॒ वृषा॑ पवस्व देव॒युः । अव्यो॒ वारे॑ष्वस्म॒युः ॥
मन्द्रया सोम धारया वृषा पवस्व देवयुः । अव्यो वारेष्वस्मयुः ॥
mandrayā soma dhārayā vṛṣā pavasva devayuḥ | avyo vāreṣv asmayuḥ ||
English translation:
“Soma, who is the showerer (of benefits), devoted to the gods, favourable to us, flow with your exhilarating stream into the woollen sieve.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
In Sāmaveda, avyo vārebhiḥ replaces avyo vāreṣvaḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): asitaḥ kāśyapo devalo vā [asita kāśyapa devala vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒न्द्रया॑ । सो॒म॒ । धार॑या । वृषा॑ । प॒व॒स्व॒ । दे॒व॒ऽयुः । अव्यः॑ । वारे॑षु । अ॒स्म॒ऽयुः ॥
मन्द्रया । सोम । धारया । वृषा । पवस्व । देवयुः । अव्यः । वारेषु । अस्मयुः ॥
mandrayā | soma | dhārayā | vṛṣā | pavasva | deva-yuḥ | avyaḥ | vāreṣu | asma-yuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.6.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“devout; devoted.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“strainer.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine