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 9.25.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वा॑ रू॒पाण्या॑वि॒शन्पु॑ना॒नो या॑ति हर्य॒तः । यत्रा॒मृता॑स॒ आस॑ते ॥
विश्वा रूपाण्याविशन्पुनानो याति हर्यतः । यत्रामृतास आसते ॥
viśvā rūpāṇy āviśan punāno yāti haryataḥ | yatrāmṛtāsa āsate ||

English translation:

“Pervading all forms, the pure, the desirable goes to the plural ce where the immortals abide.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dṛḷahacyutaḥ āgastyaḥ [dṛḷahacyuta āgastya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वा॑ । रू॒पाणि॑ । आ॒ऽवि॒शन् । पु॒ना॒नः । या॒ति॒ । ह॒र्य॒तः । यत्र॑ । अ॒मृता॑सः । आस॑ते ॥
विश्वा । रूपाणि । आविशन् । पुनानः । याति । हर्यतः । यत्र । अमृतासः । आसते ॥
viśvā | rūpāṇi | ā-viśan | punānaḥ | yāti | haryataḥ | yatra | amṛtāsaḥ | āsate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.25.4 English analysis of grammar]

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

rūpāṇy < rūpāṇi < rūpa

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”

āviśan < āviś < √viś

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“enter; overwhelm; possess; approach; afflict; enter (a state); reach; wear.”

punāno < punānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

yāti <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

haryataḥ < haryata

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“desirable; delightful.”

yatrāmṛtāsa < yatra

[adverb]

“wherein; once [when].”

yatrāmṛtāsa < amṛtāsaḥ < amṛta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”

āsate < ās

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“sit; stay; sit down; dwell; lie; lie; exist.”

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