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 9.14.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नि॒रि॒णा॒नो वि धा॑वति॒ जह॒च्छर्या॑णि॒ तान्वा॑ । अत्रा॒ सं जि॑घ्नते यु॒जा ॥
निरिणानो वि धावति जहच्छर्याणि तान्वा । अत्रा सं जिघ्नते युजा ॥
niriṇāno vi dhāvati jahac charyāṇi tānvā | atrā saṃ jighnate yujā ||

English translation:

“Descending from the filters (into the vessel), and passing through the cloth's interstices, it becomes united in this (sacrifice) with its friend (Indra).”

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]:

नि॒ऽरि॒णा॒नः । वि । धा॒व॒ति॒ । जह॑त् । शर्या॑णि । तान्वा॑ । अत्र॑ । सम् । जि॒घ्र॒ते॒ । यु॒जा ॥
निरिणानः । वि । धावति । जहत् । शर्याणि । तान्वा । अत्र । सम् । जिघ्रते । युजा ॥
ni-riṇānaḥ | vi | dhāvati | jahat | śaryāṇi | tānvā | atra | sam | jighrate | yujā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.14.4 English analysis of grammar]

niriṇāno < niriṇānaḥ < nirī < √ri

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“disperse.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

dhāvati < dhāv

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run; run; wash.”

jahaccharyāṇi < jahat <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“abandon; decrease; want; kill; deteriorate; get rid of; exclude; lose; avoid; remove; leave; abandon; neglect; leave; discard; apostatize; discontinue; weaken; abandon; assail; subtract; foreswear; pour away; withdraw; depart; reduce.”

jahaccharyāṇi < śaryāṇi < śarya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

tānvā < tānva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

atrā < atra

[adverb]

“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

jighnate < han

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”

yujā < yuj

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

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