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 9.31.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ प्या॑यस्व॒ समे॑तु ते वि॒श्वत॑: सोम॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् । भवा॒ वाज॑स्य संग॒थे ॥
आ प्यायस्व समेतु ते विश्वतः सोम वृष्ण्यम् । भवा वाजस्य संगथे ॥
ā pyāyasva sam etu te viśvataḥ soma vṛṣṇyam | bhavā vājasya saṃgathe ||

English translation:

“Be well nourished, Soma; may vigour come to you from all sides, be (the giver) of strength in battle.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । प्या॒य॒स्व॒ । सम् । ए॒तु॒ । ते॒ । वि॒श्वतः॑ । सो॒म॒ । वृष्ण्य॑म् । भव॑ । वाज॑स्य । स॒म्ऽग॒थे ॥
आ । प्यायस्व । सम् । एतु । ते । विश्वतः । सोम । वृष्ण्यम् । भव । वाजस्य । सम्गथे ॥
ā | pyāyasva | sam | etu | te | viśvataḥ | soma | vṛṣṇyam | bhava | vājasya | sam-gathe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.31.4 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

pyāyasva < pyā

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“swell; abound; swell.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

etu < i

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

viśvataḥ < viśvatas

[adverb]

“everywhere; around; about.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

vṛṣṇyam < vṛṣṇya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“manfulness; virility.”

bhavā < bhava < bhū

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

vājasya < vāja

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

saṃgathe < saṃgatha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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