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 9.16.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

क्रत्वा॒ दक्ष॑स्य र॒थ्य॑म॒पो वसा॑न॒मन्ध॑सा । गो॒षामण्वे॑षु सश्चिम ॥
क्रत्वा दक्षस्य रथ्यमपो वसानमन्धसा । गोषामण्वेषु सश्चिम ॥
kratvā dakṣasya rathyam apo vasānam andhasā | goṣām aṇveṣu saścima ||

English translation:

“In pious rite by our fingers we mix with the milk (the Soma), the bringer of strength, the sender of kine, who envelopes the water.”

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]:

क्रत्वा॑ । दक्ष॑स्य । र॒थ्य॑म् । अ॒पः । वसा॑नम् । अन्ध॑सा । गो॒ऽसाम् । अण्वे॑षु । स॒श्चि॒म॒ ॥
क्रत्वा । दक्षस्य । रथ्यम् । अपः । वसानम् । अन्धसा । गोसाम् । अण्वेषु । सश्चिम ॥
kratvā | dakṣasya | rathyam | apaḥ | vasānam | andhasā | go-sām | aṇveṣu | saścima

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.16.2 English analysis of grammar]

kratvā < kratu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

dakṣasya < dakṣa

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”

rathyam < rathī

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

apo < apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

vasānam < vas

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“wear.”

andhasā < andhas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

goṣām < goṣā

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

aṇveṣu < aṇva

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

saścima < sac

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

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