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 9.22.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तन्तुं॑ तन्वा॒नमु॑त्त॒ममनु॑ प्र॒वत॑ आशत । उ॒तेदमु॑त्त॒माय्य॑म् ॥
तन्तुं तन्वानमुत्तममनु प्रवत आशत । उतेदमुत्तमाय्यम् ॥
tantuṃ tanvānam uttamam anu pravata āśata | utedam uttamāyyam ||
English translation:
“Descending rivers follow this excellent (Soma) as it spreads out the sacrifice; this rits is glorified thereby.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
As it spreads out the sacrifice: tantum = yajñam; or, alternatively, straining-cloth; 'descending river fills out the outspread threads'
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]:
तन्तु॑म् । त॒न्वा॒नम् । उ॒त्ऽत॒मम् । अनु॑ । प्र॒ऽवतः॑ । आ॒श॒त॒ । उ॒त । इ॒दम् । उ॒त्त॒माय्य॑म् ॥
तन्तुम् । तन्वानम् । उत्तमम् । अनु । प्रवतः । आशत । उत । इदम् । उत्तमाय्यम् ॥
tantum | tanvānam | ut-tamam | anu | pra-vataḥ | āśata | uta | idam | uttamāyyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.22.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“thread; fiber; lineage; cobweb; fibril; stalk.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“best; excellent; highest; better; extreme; last; first; topmost; chief(a); higher; highest; maximal; uttama [word]; prevailing; finest.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“slope; river.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“get; reach; enter (a state).”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter