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 9.12.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः सोम॑: क॒लशे॒ष्वाँ अ॒न्तः प॒वित्र॒ आहि॑तः । तमिन्दु॒: परि॑ षस्वजे ॥
यः सोमः कलशेष्वाँ अन्तः पवित्र आहितः । तमिन्दुः परि षस्वजे ॥
yaḥ somaḥ kalaśeṣv ām̐ antaḥ pavitra āhitaḥ | tam induḥ pari ṣasvaje ||

English translation:

Indu has embraced that Soma which is collected in the sewers and has been passed through the filter.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Indu has embraced: Indu embraces the Soma which is a portion of himself-- the deity seems to be thus opposed to the mere Soma in its early forms

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]:

यः । सोमः॑ । क॒लशे॑षु । आ । अ॒न्तरिति॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ । आऽहि॑तः । तम् । इन्दुः॑ । परि॑ । स॒स्व॒जे॒ ॥
यः । सोमः । कलशेषु । आ । अन्तरिति । पवित्रे । आहितः । तम् । इन्दुः । परि । सस्वजे ॥
yaḥ | somaḥ | kalaśeṣu | ā | antariti | pavitre | āhitaḥ | tam | induḥ | pari | sasvaje

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.12.5 English analysis of grammar]

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

kalaśeṣv < kalaśeṣu < kalaśa

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“jar.”

āṃ < ām < āṃ

[adverb]

antaḥ < antar

[adverb]

“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”

pavitra < pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

āhitaḥ < ādhā < √dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“put; conceive; ignite; keep; effect; fuel; lend; cover; direct.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

induḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

ṣasvaje < sasvaje < svaj

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“embrace.”

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