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 9.16.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अन॑प्तम॒प्सु दु॒ष्टरं॒ सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॑ज । पु॒नी॒हीन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ॥
अनप्तमप्सु दुष्टरं सोमं पवित्र आ सृज । पुनीहीन्द्राय पातवे ॥
anaptam apsu duṣṭaraṃ somam pavitra ā sṛja | punīhīndrāya pātave ||
English translation:
“Cast into the filter the unassailable invincible (Soma), abiding in the waters (of the firmament) purify it for the drinking of 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]:
अन॑प्तम् । अ॒प्ऽसु । दु॒स्तर॑म् । सोम॑म् । प॒वित्रे॑ । आ । सृ॒ज॒ । पु॒नी॒हि । इन्द्रा॑य । पात॑वे ॥
अनप्तम् । अप्सु । दुस्तरम् । सोमम् । पवित्रे । आ । सृज । पुनीहि । इन्द्राय । पातवे ॥
anaptam | ap-su | dustaram | somam | pavitre | ā | sṛja | punīhi | indrāya | pātave
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.16.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“incomparable; irresistible; unbearable; unconquerable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb noun]
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”