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 9.15.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒तमु॒ त्यं दश॒ क्षिपो॑ मृ॒जन्ति॑ स॒प्त धी॒तय॑: । स्वा॒यु॒धं म॒दिन्त॑मम् ॥
एतमु त्यं दश क्षिपो मृजन्ति सप्त धीतयः । स्वायुधं मदिन्तमम् ॥
etam u tyaṃ daśa kṣipo mṛjanti sapta dhītayaḥ | svāyudham madintamam ||
English translation:
“The ten fingers, the seven priests, express this (juice), well-weaponed, and yielding great exhilaration.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Well-weaponed: svāyudha is used to indicate that Soma has the power to slay the rākṣasas
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]:
ए॒तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्यम् । दश॑ । क्षिपः॑ । मृ॒जन्ति॑ । स॒प्त । धी॒तयः॑ । सु॒ऽआ॒यु॒धम् । म॒दिन्ऽत॑मम् ॥
एतम् । ऊँ इति । त्यम् । दश । क्षिपः । मृजन्ति । सप्त । धीतयः । सुआयुधम् । मदिन्तमम् ॥
etam | oṃ iti | tyam | daśa | kṣipaḥ | mṛjanti | sapta | dhītayaḥ | su-āyudham | madin-tamam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.15.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“that.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“finger.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“purify; polish; rub; remove.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“weapon; āyudha [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“exhilarating; intoxicant.”