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 9.27.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ष सूर्ये॑ण हासते॒ पव॑मानो॒ अधि॒ द्यवि॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ मत्स॒रो मद॑: ॥
एष सूर्येण हासते पवमानो अधि द्यवि । पवित्रे मत्सरो मदः ॥
eṣa sūryeṇa hāsate pavamāno adhi dyavi | pavitre matsaro madaḥ ||
English translation:
“This pure-flowing exhilarating Soma is abandoned by the sun in the filter, the sky.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The implication is that the sun seems to perform on a grand scale the same office of the diffusing Soma which the priests performed on a small scale in the filter, which is metaphorically called the sky. hāsate = parityajyate; a rendering: this exhilarating Soma, as it drops on the filter, rises with the sun into the heavens
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nṛmedhaḥ [nṛmedha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षः । सूर्ये॑ण । हा॒स॒ते॒ । पव॑मानः । अधि॑ । द्यवि॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ । म॒त्स॒रः । मदः॑ ॥
एषः । सूर्येण । हासते । पवमानः । अधि । द्यवि । पवित्रे । मत्सरः । मदः ॥
eṣaḥ | sūryeṇa | hāsate | pavamānaḥ | adhi | dyavi | pavitre | matsaraḥ | madaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.27.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“intoxicant; invigorating; hostile.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”