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 9.23.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सोमा॑ असृग्रमा॒शवो॒ मधो॒र्मद॑स्य॒ धार॑या । अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ॥
सोमा असृग्रमाशवो मधोर्मदस्य धारया । अभि विश्वानि काव्या ॥
somā asṛgram āśavo madhor madasya dhārayā | abhi viśvāni kāvyā ||
English translation:
“The swift-flowing Soma-juices have issued in a stream of the sweet exhilarating (beverage), at (the recital of) all the praise (of the sages).”
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]:
सोमाः॑ । अ॒सृ॒ग्र॒म् । आ॒शवः॑ । मधोः॑ । मद॑स्य । धार॑या । अ॒भि । विश्वा॑नि । काव्या॑ ॥
सोमाः । असृग्रम् । आशवः । मधोः । मदस्य । धारया । अभि । विश्वानि । काव्या ॥
somāḥ | asṛgram | āśavaḥ | madhoḥ | madasya | dhārayā | abhi | viśvāni | kāvyā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.23.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sweet; deft.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“Uśanas; poem; Kāvya; wisdom.”