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 9.7.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पव॑मानो अ॒भि स्पृधो॒ विशो॒ राजे॑व सीदति । यदी॑मृ॒ण्वन्ति॑ वे॒धस॑: ॥
पवमानो अभि स्पृधो विशो राजेव सीदति । यदीमृण्वन्ति वेधसः ॥
pavamāno abhi spṛdho viśo rājeva sīdati | yad īm ṛṇvanti vedhasaḥ ||
English translation:
“When the priests excite it, the flowing Soma like a king destroys opposing (demons and) men.”
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]:
पव॑मानः । अ॒भि । स्पृधः॑ । विशः॑ । राजा॑ऽइव । सी॒द॒ति॒ । यत् । ई॒म् । ऋ॒ण्वन्ति॑ । वे॒धसः॑ ॥
पवमानः । अभि । स्पृधः । विशः । राजाइव । सीदति । यत् । ईम् । ऋण्वन्ति । वेधसः ॥
pavamānaḥ | abhi | spṛdhaḥ | viśaḥ | rājā-iva | sīdati | yat | īm | ṛṇvanti | vedhasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.7.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”