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 9.20.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स वह्नि॑र॒प्सु दु॒ष्टरो॑ मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः । सोम॑श्च॒मूषु॑ सीदति ॥
स वह्निरप्सु दुष्टरो मृज्यमानो गभस्त्योः । सोमश्चमूषु सीदति ॥
sa vahnir apsu duṣṭaro mṛjyamāno gabhastyoḥ | somaś camūṣu sīdati ||
English translation:
“Soma, the bearer (of oblations), abiding in the waters of the firmament, difficult to be surpassed, being cleansed by our hands reposes in the vessels.”
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]:
सः । वह्निः॑ । अ॒प्ऽसु । दु॒स्तरः॑ । मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः । गभ॑स्त्योः । सोमः॑ । च॒मूषु॑ । सी॒द॒ति॒ ॥
सः । वह्निः । अप्सु । दुस्तरः । मृज्यमानः । गभस्त्योः । सोमः । चमूषु । सीदति ॥
saḥ | vahniḥ | ap-su | dustaraḥ | mṛjyamānaḥ | gabhastyoḥ | somaḥ | camūṣu | sīdati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.20.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“incomparable; irresistible; unbearable; unconquerable.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; polish; rub; remove.”
[noun], locative, dual, masculine
“beam; hand; sun.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“army; camū; Camū.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”