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 9.10.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र स्वा॒नासो॒ रथा॑ इ॒वार्व॑न्तो॒ न श्र॑व॒स्यव॑: । सोमा॑सो रा॒ये अ॑क्रमुः ॥
प्र स्वानासो रथा इवार्वन्तो न श्रवस्यवः । सोमासो राये अक्रमुः ॥
pra svānāso rathā ivārvanto na śravasyavaḥ | somāso rāye akramuḥ ||
English translation:
“Longing for food the Soma juices, uttering a sound like chariots or like horses, have come for the sake of riches.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Somāsaḥ = desiring to seize food from their enemies; taken with arvantaḥ, it is translated 'or like glory-seeking steeds
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]:
प्र । स्वा॒नासः॑ । रथाः॑ऽइव । अर्व॑न्तः । न । श्र॒व॒स्यवः॑ । सोमा॑सः । रा॒ये । अ॒क्र॒मुः॒ ॥
प्र । स्वानासः । रथाःइव । अर्वन्तः । न । श्रवस्यवः । सोमासः । राये । अक्रमुः ॥
pra | svānāsaḥ | rathāḥ-iva | arvantaḥ | na | śravasyavaḥ | somāsaḥ | rāye | akramuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.10.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sound.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“celebrated.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“kram; step; go; continue; proceed; traverse; heat.”