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 9.13.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सोम॑: पुना॒नो अ॑र्षति स॒हस्र॑धारो॒ अत्य॑विः । वा॒योरिन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम् ॥
सोमः पुनानो अर्षति सहस्रधारो अत्यविः । वायोरिन्द्रस्य निष्कृतम् ॥
somaḥ punāno arṣati sahasradhāro atyaviḥ | vāyor indrasya niṣkṛtam ||

English translation:

“The purifying Soma, flowing in a thousand streams and passing through the woollen filter, proceeds to the prepared vessel for Vāyu and Indra.”

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]:

सोमः॑ । पु॒ना॒नः । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ । स॒हस्र॑ऽधारः । अति॑ऽअविः । वा॒योः । इन्द्र॑स्य । निः॒ऽकृ॒तम् ॥
सोमः । पुनानः । अर्षति । सहस्रधारः । अतिअविः । वायोः । इन्द्रस्य । निःकृतम् ॥
somaḥ | punānaḥ | arṣati | sahasra-dhāraḥ | ati-aviḥ | vāyoḥ | indrasya | niḥ-kṛtam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.13.1 English analysis of grammar]

somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

punāno < punānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

arṣati < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

sahasradhāro < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasradhāro < dhāraḥ < dhārā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

atyaviḥ < atyavi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vāyor < vāyoḥ < vāyu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

indrasya < indra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

niṣkṛtam < niṣkṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“place; rendezvous.”

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