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 9.31.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्यं॒ वाता॑ अभि॒प्रिय॒स्तुभ्य॑मर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः । सोम॒ वर्ध॑न्ति ते॒ मह॑: ॥
तुभ्यं वाता अभिप्रियस्तुभ्यमर्षन्ति सिन्धवः । सोम वर्धन्ति ते महः ॥
tubhyaṃ vātā abhipriyas tubhyam arṣanti sindhavaḥ | soma vardhanti te mahaḥ ||

English translation:

“For you, Soma, the winds are gracious, for you the rivers flow, they magnify your greatness.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्य॑म् । वाताः॑ । अ॒भि॒ऽप्रियः॑ । तुभ्य॑म् । अ॒र्ष॒न्ति॒ । सिन्ध॑वः । सोम॑ । वर्ध॑न्ति । ते॒ । महः॑ ॥
तुभ्यम् । वाताः । अभिप्रियः । तुभ्यम् । अर्षन्ति । सिन्धवः । सोम । वर्धन्ति । ते । महः ॥
tubhyam | vātāḥ | abhi-priyaḥ | tubhyam | arṣanti | sindhavaḥ | soma | vardhanti | te | mahaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.31.3 English analysis of grammar]

tubhyaṃ < tubhyam < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

vātā < vātāḥ < vāta

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”

abhipriyas < abhipriyaḥ < abhiprī

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

tubhyam < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

arṣanti < ṛṣ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“run.”

sindhavaḥ < sindhu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

vardhanti < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

mahaḥ < mahas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“greatness; festival; glory; reward; gladness.”

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