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 9.28.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ष दे॒वः शु॑भाय॒तेऽधि॒ योना॒वम॑र्त्यः । वृ॒त्र॒हा दे॑व॒वीत॑मः ॥
एष देवः शुभायतेऽधि योनावमर्त्यः । वृत्रहा देववीतमः ॥
eṣa devaḥ śubhāyate 'dhi yonāv amartyaḥ | vṛtrahā devavītamaḥ ||
English translation:
“This divine immortal (Soma) is brilliant in his own plural ce, the slayer of enemies, the most devoted to the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षः । दे॒वः । शु॒भा॒य॒ते॒ । अधि॑ । योनौ॑ । अम॑र्त्यः । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । दे॒व॒ऽवीत॑मः ॥
एषः । देवः । शुभायते । अधि । योनौ । अमर्त्यः । वृत्रहा । देववीतमः ॥
eṣaḥ | devaḥ | śubhāyate | adhi | yonau | amartyaḥ | vṛtra-hā | deva-vītamaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.28.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“immortal.”
[noun], masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine