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 9.34.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृषा॑णं॒ वृष॑भिर्य॒तं सु॒न्वन्ति॒ सोम॒मद्रि॑भिः । दु॒हन्ति॒ शक्म॑ना॒ पय॑: ॥
वृषाणं वृषभिर्यतं सुन्वन्ति सोममद्रिभिः । दुहन्ति शक्मना पयः ॥
vṛṣāṇaṃ vṛṣabhir yataṃ sunvanti somam adribhiḥ | duhanti śakmanā payaḥ ||

English translation:

“They press the crushed Soma as it pours forth its juice between the effusing stones, they milk out its juice by their acts.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृषा॑णम् । वृष॑ऽभिः । य॒तम् । सु॒न्वन्ति॑ । सोम॑म् । अद्रि॑ऽभिः । दु॒हन्ति॑ । शक्म॑ना । पयः॑ ॥
वृषाणम् । वृषभिः । यतम् । सुन्वन्ति । सोमम् । अद्रिभिः । दुहन्ति । शक्मना । पयः ॥
vṛṣāṇam | vṛṣa-bhiḥ | yatam | sunvanti | somam | adri-bhiḥ | duhanti | śakmanā | payaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.34.3 English analysis of grammar]

vṛṣāṇaṃ < vṛṣāṇam < vṛṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

vṛṣabhir < vṛṣabhiḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

yataṃ < yatam < yam

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

sunvanti < su

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“press out; su.”

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

adribhiḥ < adri

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”

duhanti < duh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“milk.”

śakmanā < śakman

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

payaḥ < payas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”

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