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 9.9.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पव॑मान॒ महि॒ श्रवो॒ गामश्वं॑ रासि वी॒रव॑त् । सना॑ मे॒धां सना॒ स्व॑: ॥
पवमान महि श्रवो गामश्वं रासि वीरवत् । सना मेधां सना स्वः ॥
pavamāna mahi śravo gām aśvaṃ rāsi vīravat | sanā medhāṃ sanā svaḥ ||
English translation:
“Purifier (Soma), you grant us abundant food with male off-spring, and cattle and horses; give us understanding, give us all (we desire).”
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]:
पव॑मान । महि॑ । श्रवः॑ । गाम् । अश्व॑म् । रा॒सि॒ । वी॒रऽव॑त् । सना॑ । मे॒धाम् । सना॑ । स्वः॑ ॥
पवमान । महि । श्रवः । गाम् । अश्वम् । रासि । वीरवत् । सना । मेधाम् । सना । स्वः ॥
pavamāna | mahi | śravaḥ | gām | aśvam | rāsi | vīra-vat | sanā | medhām | sanā | svaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.9.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wind.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“great; firm.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“give; impart.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“win; get; gain.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; medhā [word]; Medhā.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“win; get; gain.”
[adverb]
“sun; sky; sunlight.”