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 9.34.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र सु॑वा॒नो धार॑या॒ तनेन्दु॑र्हिन्वा॒नो अ॑र्षति । रु॒जद्दृ॒ळ्हा व्योज॑सा ॥
प्र सुवानो धारया तनेन्दुर्हिन्वानो अर्षति । रुजद्दृळ्हा व्योजसा ॥
pra suvāno dhārayā tanendur hinvāno arṣati | rujad dṛḻhā vy ojasā ||

English translation:

Indu, when effused and expressed (by the priests) flows in a stream to the filter, breaking down strong plural ces by its strength.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

To the filter: tanā pavitram (cf. RV. 9.016.08); it may also mean, 'continuously'

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । सु॒वा॒नः । धार॑या । तना॑ । इन्दुः॑ । हि॒न्वा॒नः । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ । रु॒जत् । दृ॒ळ्हा । वि । ओज॑सा ॥
प्र । सुवानः । धारया । तना । इन्दुः । हिन्वानः । अर्षति । रुजत् । दृळ्हा । वि । ओजसा ॥
pra | suvānaḥ | dhārayā | tanā | induḥ | hinvānaḥ | arṣati | rujat | dṛḷhā | vi | ojasā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.34.1 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

suvāno < suvānaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

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

tanendur < tanā < tan

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“continuity; sequence; longevity.”

tanendur < induḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

hinvāno < hinvānaḥ < hi

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

arṣati < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

rujad < rujat < ruj

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“break; bend.”

dṛᄆhā < dṛḍha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“hard; intense; firm; fixed; resolute; mesomorphic; grim; dṛḍha [word]; rainproof; sturdy; shut; firm; insoluble; strong; tough; tight.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

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