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 9.22.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ते सोमा॑स आ॒शवो॒ रथा॑ इव॒ प्र वा॒जिन॑: । सर्गा॑: सृ॒ष्टा अ॑हेषत ॥
एते सोमास आशवो रथा इव प्र वाजिनः । सर्गाः सृष्टा अहेषत ॥
ete somāsa āśavo rathā iva pra vājinaḥ | sargāḥ sṛṣṭā aheṣata ||
English translation:
“These Soma-jices, when let out, neigh as they leap swiftly forth like chariots or rapid steeds let loose.”
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]:
ए॒ते । सोमा॑सः । आ॒शवः॑ । रथाः॑ऽइव । प्र । वा॒जिनः॑ । सर्गाः॑ । सृ॒ष्टाः । अ॒हे॒ष॒त॒ ॥
एते । सोमासः । आशवः । रथाःइव । प्र । वाजिनः । सर्गाः । सृष्टाः । अहेषत ॥
ete | somāsaḥ | āśavaḥ | rathāḥ-iva | pra | vājinaḥ | sargāḥ | sṛṣṭāḥ | aheṣata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.22.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Creation; metempsychosis; discharge; torrent; birth; undertaking.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”