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 9.18.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
परि॑ सुवा॒नो गि॑रि॒ष्ठाः प॒वित्रे॒ सोमो॑ अक्षाः । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥
परि सुवानो गिरिष्ठाः पवित्रे सोमो अक्षाः । मदेषु सर्वधा असि ॥
pari suvāno giriṣṭhāḥ pavitre somo akṣāḥ | madeṣu sarvadhā asi ||
English translation:
“Effused while pressed between the stones, the Soma flows upon the straining cloth; you are the giver of all things to those who praise you. ”
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]:
परि॑ । सु॒वा॒नः । गि॒रि॒ऽस्थाः । प॒वित्रे॑ । सोमः॑ । अ॒क्षा॒रिति॑ । मदे॑षु । स॒र्व॒ऽधाः । अ॒सि॒ ॥
परि । सुवानः । गिरिस्थाः । पवित्रे । सोमः । अक्षारिति । मदेषु । सर्वधाः । असि ॥
pari | suvānaḥ | giri-sthāḥ | pavitre | somaḥ | akṣāriti | madeṣu | sarva-dhāḥ | asi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.18.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“run; melt.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“giving.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”