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 9.27.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ष इन्द्रा॑य वा॒यवे॑ स्व॒र्जित्परि॑ षिच्यते । प॒वित्रे॑ दक्ष॒साध॑नः ॥
एष इन्द्राय वायवे स्वर्जित्परि षिच्यते । पवित्रे दक्षसाधनः ॥
eṣa indrāya vāyave svarjit pari ṣicyate | pavitre dakṣasādhanaḥ ||

English translation:

“This invigorating heaven-conquering Soma is poured upon the filter for Indra and Vāyu.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒षः । इन्द्रा॑य । वा॒यवे॑ । स्वः॒ऽजित् । परि॑ । सि॒च्य॒ते॒ । प॒वित्रे॑ । द॒क्ष॒ऽसाध॑नः ॥
एषः । इन्द्राय । वायवे । स्वःजित् । परि । सिच्यते । पवित्रे । दक्षसाधनः ॥
eṣaḥ | indrāya | vāyave | svaḥ-jit | pari | sicyate | pavitre | dakṣa-sādhanaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.27.2 English analysis of grammar]

eṣa < eṣaḥ < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

vāyave < vāyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

svarjit < svar

[noun], neuter

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

svarjit < jit

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

ṣicyate < sicyate < sic

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“submerge; sprinkle; pour; wet; decant; impregnate.”

pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

dakṣasādhanaḥ < dakṣa

[noun], masculine

“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”

dakṣasādhanaḥ < sādhanaḥ < sādhana

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“effective; performing.”

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