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 9.34.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

समे॑न॒मह्रु॑ता इ॒मा गिरो॑ अर्षन्ति स॒स्रुत॑: । धे॒नूर्वा॒श्रो अ॑वीवशत् ॥
समेनमह्रुता इमा गिरो अर्षन्ति सस्रुतः । धेनूर्वाश्रो अवीवशत् ॥
sam enam ahrutā imā giro arṣanti sasrutaḥ | dhenūr vāśro avīvaśat ||

English translation:

“Our sincere smooth-flowing praises approach him, and he, uttering a sound, welcomes the kine.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

I.e., 'our gratifying praises', pṛṇayitriḥ stutiḥ

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सम् । ए॒न॒म् । अहु॑ताः । इ॒माः । गिरः॑ । अ॒र्ष॒न्ति॒ । स॒ऽस्रुतः॑ । धे॒नूः । वा॒श्रः । अ॒वी॒व॒श॒न् ॥
सम् । एनम् । अहुताः । इमाः । गिरः । अर्षन्ति । सस्रुतः । धेनूः । वाश्रः । अवीवशन् ॥
sam | enam | ahutāḥ | imāḥ | giraḥ | arṣanti | sa-srutaḥ | dhenūḥ | vāśraḥ | avīvaśan

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.34.6 English analysis of grammar]

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

enam < enad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

ahrutā < ahrutāḥ < ahruta

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

imā < imāḥ < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

giro < giraḥ < gir

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

arṣanti < ṛṣ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“run.”

sasrutaḥ < sasrut

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

dhenūr < dhenūḥ < dhenu

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”

vāśro < vāśraḥ < vāśra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

avīvaśat < vāś

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

“bellow; howl; sing; moo; shout.”

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