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 9.24.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑स्व वृत्रहन्तमो॒क्थेभि॑रनु॒माद्य॑: । शुचि॑: पाव॒को अद्भु॑तः ॥
पवस्व वृत्रहन्तमोक्थेभिरनुमाद्यः । शुचिः पावको अद्भुतः ॥
pavasva vṛtrahantamokthebhir anumādyaḥ | śuciḥ pāvako adbhutaḥ ||

English translation:

“Utter destroyer of enemies, flow forth, to be propitiated by praises, pure, purifying, wonderful.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): asitaḥ kāśyapo devalo vā [asita kāśyapa devala vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑स्व । वृ॒त्र॒ह॒न्ऽत॒म॒ । उ॒क्थेभिः॑ । अ॒नु॒ऽमाद्यः॑ । शुचिः॑ । पा॒व॒कः । अद्भु॑तः ॥
पवस्व । वृत्रहन्तम । उक्थेभिः । अनुमाद्यः । शुचिः । पावकः । अद्भुतः ॥
pavasva | vṛtrahan-tama | ukthebhiḥ | anu-mādyaḥ | śuciḥ | pāvakaḥ | adbhutaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.24.6 English analysis of grammar]

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

vṛtrahantamokthebhir < vṛtra

[noun], masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

vṛtrahantamokthebhir < hantama

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“killing.”

vṛtrahantamokthebhir < ukthebhiḥ < uktha

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

anumādyaḥ < anumad < √mad

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“praise; cheer; applaud.”

śuciḥ < śuci

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”

pāvako < pāvakaḥ < pāvaka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“pure; purifying; pure; āgneya; clear; bright; bright.”

adbhutaḥ < adbhuta

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“extraordinary; amazing; supernatural.”

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