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 9.32.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒भे सो॑माव॒चाक॑शन्मृ॒गो न त॒क्तो अ॑र्षसि । सीद॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥
उभे सोमावचाकशन्मृगो न तक्तो अर्षसि । सीदन्नृतस्य योनिमा ॥
ubhe somāvacākaśan mṛgo na takto arṣasi | sīdann ṛtasya yonim ā ||

English translation:

“Beholding both worlds, Soma, you hurry, swift as a deer, taking your seat on the plural ce of sacrifice.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Swift: taktaḥ; i.e. mixed with milk; in RV 9.069.15, this is explained as swift

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒भे इति॑ । सो॒म॒ । अ॒व॒ऽचाक॑शत् । मृ॒गः । न । त॒क्तः । अ॒र्ष॒सि॒ । सीद॑न् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योनि॑म् । आ ॥
उभे इति । सोम । अवचाकशत् । मृगः । न । तक्तः । अर्षसि । सीदन् । ऋतस्य । योनिम् । आ ॥
ubhe iti | soma | ava-cākaśat | mṛgaḥ | na | taktaḥ | arṣasi | sīdan | ṛtasya | yonim | ā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.32.4 English analysis of grammar]

ubhe < ubh

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“both(a).”

somāvacākaśan < soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somāvacākaśan < avacākaśan < avacākaś < √kāś

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“look.”

mṛgo < mṛgaḥ < mṛga

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“game; deer; animal; antelope; mṛga [word]; Mṛgaśiras.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

takto < taktaḥ < tak

[verb noun], nominative, singular

arṣasi < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

sīdann < sīdan < sad

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

yonim < yoni

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”

ā

[adverb]

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

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