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 9.12.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नित्य॑स्तोत्रो॒ वन॒स्पति॑र्धी॒नाम॒न्तः स॑ब॒र्दुघ॑: । हि॒न्वा॒नो मानु॑षा यु॒गा ॥
नित्यस्तोत्रो वनस्पतिर्धीनामन्तः सबर्दुघः । हिन्वानो मानुषा युगा ॥
nityastotro vanaspatir dhīnām antaḥ sabardughaḥ | hinvāno mānuṣā yugā ||

English translation:

Soma, whose praise is eternal, the lord of forests, the shedder of nectar, and rejoicing the genitive rations of men, (is present) in the midst of our sacred rites.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The genitive ration of men: mānuṣa yuga = the various sacrificial seasons, whether occupying one or many days

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]:

नित्य॑ऽस्तोत्रः । वन॒स्पतिः॑ । धी॒नाम् । अ॒न्तरिति॑ । स॒बः॒ऽदुघः॑ । हि॒न्वा॒नः । मानु॑षा । यु॒गा ॥
नित्यस्तोत्रः । वनस्पतिः । धीनाम् । अन्तरिति । सबःदुघः । हिन्वानः । मानुषा । युगा ॥
nitya-stotraḥ | vanaspatiḥ | dhīnām | antariti | sabaḥ-dughaḥ | hinvānaḥ | mānuṣā | yugā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.12.7 English analysis of grammar]

nityastotro < nitya

[noun]

“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”

nityastotro < stotraḥ < stotra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hymn; praise.”

vanaspatir < vanaspatiḥ < vanaspati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“tree; banyan; vanaspati [word]; vanaspativarga; vaṭādi.”

dhīnām < dhī

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

antaḥ < antar

[adverb]

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

sabardughaḥ < sabardugha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

hinvāno < hinvānaḥ < hi

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

mānuṣā < mānuṣa

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“human.”

yugā < yuga

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Yuga; yoke; couple; coevals; generation; lustrum; two; pair; yuga [word]; Yuga; race.”

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