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 9.36.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठम॑श्व॒युर्ग॑व्य॒युः सो॑म रोहसि । वी॒र॒युः श॑वसस्पते ॥
आ दिवस्पृष्ठमश्वयुर्गव्ययुः सोम रोहसि । वीरयुः शवसस्पते ॥
ā divas pṛṣṭham aśvayur gavyayuḥ soma rohasi | vīrayuḥ śavasas pate ||

English translation:

Soma, lord of food, you ascend to the summit of the sky, desirous of horses, kine, and male progeny.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । दि॒वः । पृ॒ष्ठम् । अ॒श्व॒ऽयुः । ग॒व्य॒ऽयुः । सो॒म॒ । रो॒ह॒सि॒ । वी॒र॒ऽयुः । श॒व॒सः॒ । प॒ते॒ ॥
आ । दिवः । पृष्ठम् । अश्वयुः । गव्ययुः । सोम । रोहसि । वीरयुः । शवसः । पते ॥
ā | divaḥ | pṛṣṭham | aśva-yuḥ | gavya-yuḥ | soma | rohasi | vīra-yuḥ | śavasaḥ | pate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.36.6 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

divas < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

pṛṣṭham < pṛṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”

aśvayur < aśvayuḥ < aśvayu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

gavyayuḥ < gavyayu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

rohasi < ruh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“heal; grow; cicatrize; climb; board; ascend; grow.”

vīrayuḥ < vīrayu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

śavasas < śavasaḥ < śavas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

pate < pati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

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