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 9.26.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तं त्वा॑ हिन्वन्ति वे॒धस॒: पव॑मान गिरा॒वृध॑म् । इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥
तं त्वा हिन्वन्ति वेधसः पवमान गिरावृधम् । इन्दविन्द्राय मत्सरम् ॥
taṃ tvā hinvanti vedhasaḥ pavamāna girāvṛdham | indav indrāya matsaram ||

English translation:

“The worshippers offer you to Indra, purifier, Indu, filled with praise and bestowing exhilaration.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): idhmavāho dāḷarhacyutaḥ [idhmavāha dāḷarhacyuta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । त्वा॒ । हि॒न्व॒न्ति॒ । वे॒धसः॑ । पव॑मान । गि॒रा॒ऽवृध॑म् । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । इन्द्रा॑य । म॒त्स॒रम् ॥
तम् । त्वा । हिन्वन्ति । वेधसः । पवमान । गिरावृधम् । इन्दो इति । इन्द्राय । मत्सरम् ॥
tam | tvā | hinvanti | vedhasaḥ | pavamāna | girāvṛdham | indo iti | indrāya | matsaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.26.6 English analysis of grammar]

taṃ < tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

hinvanti < hi

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

vedhasaḥ < vedhas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”

pavamāna <

[verb noun], vocative, singular

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

girāvṛdham < girāvṛdh

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

indav < indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

matsaram < matsara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“intoxicant; invigorating; hostile.”

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