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 9.33.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र सोमा॑सो विप॒श्चितो॒ऽपां न य॑न्त्यू॒र्मय॑: । वना॑नि महि॒षा इ॑व ॥
प्र सोमासो विपश्चितोऽपां न यन्त्यूर्मयः । वनानि महिषा इव ॥
pra somāso vipaścito 'pāṃ na yanty ūrmayaḥ | vanāni mahiṣā iva ||
English translation:
“The intelligent Soma juices rush along like waves of water, like buffaloes to the forests.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tritaḥ [trita];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): kakummatīgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । सोमा॑सः । वि॒पः॒ऽचितः॑ । अ॒पाम् । न । य॒न्ति॒ । ऊ॒र्मयः॑ । वना॑नि । म॒हि॒षाःऽइ॑व ॥
प्र । सोमासः । विपःचितः । अपाम् । न । यन्ति । ऊर्मयः । वनानि । महिषाःइव ॥
pra | somāsaḥ | vipaḥ-citaḥ | apām | na | yanti | ūrmayaḥ | vanāni | mahiṣāḥ-iva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.33.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wise; expert.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“wave; billow.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Old World buffalo; Mahiṣa; Mahiṣa.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”