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 9.13.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मानमवस्यवो॒ विप्र॑म॒भि प्र गा॑यत । सु॒ष्वा॒णं दे॒ववी॑तये ॥
पवमानमवस्यवो विप्रमभि प्र गायत । सुष्वाणं देववीतये ॥
pavamānam avasyavo vipram abhi pra gāyata | suṣvāṇaṃ devavītaye ||

English translation:

“Sing aloud, you who are desirous of (divine) protection to he purifying wise Soma, effused for the beverage of the gods.”

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]:

पव॑मानम् । अ॒व॒स्य॒वः॒ । विप्र॑म् । अ॒भि । प्र । गा॒य॒त॒ । सु॒ष्वा॒णम् । दे॒वऽवी॑तये ॥
पवमानम् । अवस्यवः । विप्रम् । अभि । प्र । गायत । सुष्वाणम् । देववीतये ॥
pavamānam | avasyavaḥ | vipram | abhi | pra | gāyata | suṣvāṇam | deva-vītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.13.2 English analysis of grammar]

pavamānam <

[verb noun], accusative, singular

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

avasyavo < avasyavaḥ < avasyu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“seeking protection; helpless.”

vipram < vipra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

gāyata <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“sing; praise; jap; recite; describe.”

suṣvāṇaṃ < suṣvāṇam < su

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“press out; su.”

devavītaye < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devavītaye < vītaye < vīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

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