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 9.30.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र धारा॑ अस्य शु॒ष्मिणो॒ वृथा॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अक्षरन् । पु॒ना॒नो वाच॑मिष्यति ॥
प्र धारा अस्य शुष्मिणो वृथा पवित्रे अक्षरन् । पुनानो वाचमिष्यति ॥
pra dhārā asya śuṣmiṇo vṛthā pavitre akṣaran | punāno vācam iṣyati ||

English translation:

“The streams of this strong Soma flow without effort into the filter; purified, he excites praise.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Or, he utters a sound

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । धाराः॑ । अ॒स्य॒ । शु॒ष्मिणः॑ । वृथा॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ । अ॒क्ष॒र॒न् । पु॒ना॒नः । वाच॑म् । इ॒ष्य॒ति॒ ॥
प्र । धाराः । अस्य । शुष्मिणः । वृथा । पवित्रे । अक्षरन् । पुनानः । वाचम् । इष्यति ॥
pra | dhārāḥ | asya | śuṣmiṇaḥ | vṛthā | pavitre | akṣaran | punānaḥ | vācam | iṣyati

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.30.1 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

dhārā < dhārāḥ < dhārā

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

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

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

śuṣmiṇo < śuṣmiṇaḥ < śuṣmin

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“strong; hotheaded.”

vṛthā

[adverb]

“vainly; incorrectly; unnecessarily; at will.”

pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

akṣaran < kṣar

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“run; melt.”

punāno < punānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

vācam < vāc

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

iṣyati < iṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”

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