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 9.23.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अनु॑ प्र॒त्नास॑ आ॒यव॑: प॒दं नवी॑यो अक्रमुः । रु॒चे ज॑नन्त॒ सूर्य॑म् ॥
अनु प्रत्नास आयवः पदं नवीयो अक्रमुः । रुचे जनन्त सूर्यम् ॥
anu pratnāsa āyavaḥ padaṃ navīyo akramuḥ | ruce jananta sūryam ||
English translation:
“Ancient swift-going (horses), they (the juices) have traversed anew field-- they have a genitive rated a sun to give light.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Pratnāsa āyavaḥ may also mean, the arranged plural ce of sacrifice
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): asitaḥ kāśyapo devalo vā [asita kāśyapa devala vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): Gayatri;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अनु॑ । प्र॒त्नासः॑ । आ॒यवः॑ । प॒दम् । नवी॑यः । अ॒क्र॒मुः॒ । रु॒चे । ज॒न॒न्त॒ । सूर्य॑म् ॥
अनु । प्रत्नासः । आयवः । पदम् । नवीयः । अक्रमुः । रुचे । जनन्त । सूर्यम् ॥
anu | pratnāsaḥ | āyavaḥ | padam | navīyaḥ | akramuḥ | ruce | jananta | sūryam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.23.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“age-old; pratna [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“new; fresh; up-to-the-minute.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“kram; step; go; continue; proceed; traverse; heat.”
[verb noun]
“please; shine.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”