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 9.35.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्दो॑ समुद्रमीङ्खय॒ पव॑स्व विश्वमेजय । रा॒यो ध॒र्ता न॒ ओज॑सा ॥
इन्दो समुद्रमीङ्खय पवस्व विश्वमेजय । रायो धर्ता न ओजसा ॥
indo samudramīṅkhaya pavasva viśvamejaya | rāyo dhartā na ojasā ||

English translation:

Indu, impeller of the waters, confounder of all (our foes), flow forth by your power as the supporter of wealth to us.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्दो॒ इति॑ । स॒मु॒द्र॒म्ऽई॒ङ्ख॒य॒ । पव॑स्व । वि॒श्व॒म्ऽए॒ज॒य॒ । रा॒यः । ध॒र्ता । नः॒ । ओज॑सा ॥
इन्दो इति । समुद्रम्ईङ्खय । पवस्व । विश्वम्एजय । रायः । धर्ता । नः । ओजसा ॥
indo iti | samudram-īṅkhaya | pavasva | viśvam-ejaya | rāyaḥ | dhartā | naḥ | ojasā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.35.2 English analysis of grammar]

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

samudramīṅkhaya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

viśvamejaya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

rāyo < rāyaḥ < rai

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

dhartā < dhartṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“supporter.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

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

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