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 9.29.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि सं॒जय॒न्पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या । इ॒नु द्वेषां॑सि स॒ध्र्य॑क् ॥
विश्वा वसूनि संजयन्पवस्व सोम धारया । इनु द्वेषांसि सध्र्यक् ॥
viśvā vasūni saṃjayan pavasva soma dhārayā | inu dveṣāṃsi sadhryak ||

English translation:

“Flow, Soma, in a full stream, conquering for us all treasures-- drive our enemies away together.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विश्वा॑ । वसू॑नि । स॒म्ऽजय॑न् । पव॑स्व । सो॒म॒ । धार॑या । इ॒नु । द्वेषां॑सि । स॒ध्र्य॑क् ॥
विश्वा । वसूनि । सम्जयन् । पवस्व । सोम । धारया । इनु । द्वेषांसि । सध्र्यक् ॥
viśvā | vasūni | sam-jayan | pavasva | soma | dhārayā | inu | dveṣāṃsi | sadhryak

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.29.4 English analysis of grammar]

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

vasūni < vasu

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

saṃjayan < saṃji < √ji

[verb noun], nominative, singular

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

inu < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

dveṣāṃsi < dveṣas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“hostility; enemy.”

sadhryak < sadhryañc

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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