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 9.6.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यमत्य॑मिव वा॒जिनं॑ मृ॒जन्ति॒ योष॑णो॒ दश॑ । वने॒ क्रीळ॑न्त॒मत्य॑विम् ॥
यमत्यमिव वाजिनं मृजन्ति योषणो दश । वने क्रीळन्तमत्यविम् ॥
yam atyam iva vājinam mṛjanti yoṣaṇo daśa | vane krīḻantam atyavim ||

English translation:

“That which sporting in the wood and spurting beyond the sieve, the ten sisters press, as (men rub down) a strong horse.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The ten sisters: the ten fingers, as in RV 9.001.07

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यम् । अत्य॑म्ऽइव । वा॒जिन॑म् । मृ॒जन्ति॑ । योष॑णः । दश॑ । वने॑ । क्रीळ॑न्तम् । अति॑ऽअविम् ॥
यम् । अत्यम्इव । वाजिनम् । मृजन्ति । योषणः । दश । वने । क्रीळन्तम् । अतिअविम् ॥
yam | atyam-iva | vājinam | mṛjanti | yoṣaṇaḥ | daśa | vane | krīḷantam | ati-avim

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.6.5 English analysis of grammar]

yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

atyam < atya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; steed.”

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

vājinam < vājin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”

mṛjanti < mṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

yoṣaṇo < yoṣaṇaḥ < yoṣan

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

daśa < daśan

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”

vane < vana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”

krīᄆantam < krīḍantam < krīḍ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“frolic; love; play; amuse.”

atyavim < atyavi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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