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 9.22.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ते वाता॑ इवो॒रव॑: प॒र्जन्य॑स्येव वृ॒ष्टय॑: । अ॒ग्नेरि॑व भ्र॒मा वृथा॑ ॥
एते वाता इवोरवः पर्जन्यस्येव वृष्टयः । अग्नेरिव भ्रमा वृथा ॥
ete vātā ivoravaḥ parjanyasyeva vṛṣṭayaḥ | agner iva bhramā vṛthā ||
English translation:
“Like strong winds, like the rains of Parjanya, like the swift-whiring (flames) of fire.”
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 वाताः॑ऽइव । उ॒रवः॑ । प॒र्जन्य॑स्यऽइव । वृ॒ष्टयः॑ । अ॒ग्नेःऽइ॑व । भ्र॒माः । वृथा॑ ॥
एते वाताःइव । उरवः । पर्जन्यस्यइव । वृष्टयः । अग्नेःइव । भ्रमाः । वृथा ॥
ete | vātāḥ-iva | uravaḥ | parjanyasya-iva | vṛṣṭayaḥ | agneḥ-iva | bhramāḥ | vṛthā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.22.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“cloud; Parjanya; Indra; nimbus.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“rain; shower; rainy season.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“bhrama; dizziness; flare; wandering.”
[adverb]
“vainly; incorrectly; unnecessarily; at will.”