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 9.17.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अति॒ त्री सो॑म रोच॒ना रोह॒न्न भ्रा॑जसे॒ दिव॑म् । इ॒ष्णन्त्सूर्यं॒ न चो॑दयः ॥
अति त्री सोम रोचना रोहन्न भ्राजसे दिवम् । इष्णन्त्सूर्यं न चोदयः ॥
ati trī soma rocanā rohan na bhrājase divam | iṣṇan sūryaṃ na codayaḥ ||

English translation:

Soma, mounting beyond the three worlds, you illumine heaven, and moving, you urge on the sun.”

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]:

अति॑ । त्री । सो॒म॒ । रो॒च॒ना । रोह॑न् । न । भ्रा॒ज॒से॒ । दिव॑म् । इ॒ष्णन् । सूर्य॑म् । न । चो॒द॒यः॒ ॥
अति । त्री । सोम । रोचना । रोहन् । न । भ्राजसे । दिवम् । इष्णन् । सूर्यम् । न । चोदयः ॥
ati | trī | soma | rocanā | rohan | na | bhrājase | divam | iṣṇan | sūryam | na | codayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.17.5 English analysis of grammar]

ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

trī < tri

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

rocanā < rocana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“light; celestial sphere.”

rohan < ruh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“heal; grow; cicatrize; climb; board; ascend; grow.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

bhrājase < bhrāj

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“shine; glitter; look.”

divam < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

iṣṇan < iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“send.”

sūryaṃ < sūryam < sūrya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

codayaḥ < coday < √cud

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“impel; drive; incite; command; drive; arouse; propel.”

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