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 9.6.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दे॒वो दे॒वाय॒ धार॒येन्द्रा॑य पवते सु॒तः । पयो॒ यद॑स्य पी॒पय॑त् ॥
देवो देवाय धारयेन्द्राय पवते सुतः । पयो यदस्य पीपयत् ॥
devo devāya dhārayendrāya pavate sutaḥ | payo yad asya pīpayat ||
English translation:
“The divine Soma, when effused, flows to the divine Indra in a stream, since its milk flattens him.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Flattens: pīpayat = from pyai (reduplicated form); or, pi = its milk swells
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]:
दे॒वः । दे॒वाय॑ । धार॑या । इन्द्रा॑य । प॒व॒ते॒ । सु॒तः । पयः॑ । यत् । अ॒स्य॒ । पी॒पय॑त् ॥
देवः । देवाय । धारया । इन्द्राय । पवते । सुतः । पयः । यत् । अस्य । पीपयत् ॥
devaḥ | devāya | dhārayā | indrāya | pavate | sutaḥ | payaḥ | yat | asya | pīpayat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.6.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“swell; abound; swell.”