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 9.30.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र सोमो॒ अति॒ धार॑या॒ पव॑मानो असिष्यदत् । अ॒भि द्रोणा॑न्या॒सद॑म् ॥
प्र सोमो अति धारया पवमानो असिष्यदत् । अभि द्रोणान्यासदम् ॥
pra somo ati dhārayā pavamāno asiṣyadat | abhi droṇāny āsadam ||

English translation:

“This purified Soma flows out in a stream to take its plural ce in the pitchers.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । सोमः॑ । अति॑ । धार॑या । पव॑मानः । अ॒सि॒स्य॒द॒त् । अ॒भि । द्रोणा॑नि । आ॒ऽसद॑म् ॥
प्र । सोमः । अति । धारया । पवमानः । असिस्यदत् । अभि । द्रोणानि । आसदम् ॥
pra | somaḥ | ati | dhārayā | pavamānaḥ | asisyadat | abhi | droṇāni | āsadam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.30.4 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

somo < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

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

pavamāno < pavamānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

asiṣyadat < syand

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

“run.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

droṇāny < droṇāni < droṇa

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

āsadam < āsad < √sad

[verb noun]

“approach; attack; sit down; approach; find; arrive.”

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