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 9.38.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒तं त्यं ह॒रितो॒ दश॑ मर्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ अप॒स्युव॑: । याभि॒र्मदा॑य॒ शुम्भ॑ते ॥
एतं त्यं हरितो दश मर्मृज्यन्ते अपस्युवः । याभिर्मदाय शुम्भते ॥
etaṃ tyaṃ harito daśa marmṛjyante apasyuvaḥ | yābhir madāya śumbhate ||
English translation:
“The ten fingers, eager in the work, express that (Soma), and by them it is purified for the exhilaration (of Indra).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ten fingers: harit = aṅguli, a finger (Nirukta 2.5);
Harit = haraṇa svabh_va, grasping
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rahūgaṇaḥ [rahūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒तम् । त्यम् । ह॒रितः॑ । दश॑ । म॒र्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ । अ॒प॒स्युवः॑ । याभिः॑ । मदा॑य । शुम्भ॑ते ॥
एतम् । त्यम् । हरितः । दश । मर्मृज्यन्ते । अपस्युवः । याभिः । मदाय । शुम्भते ॥
etam | tyam | haritaḥ | daśa | marmṛjyante | apasyuvaḥ | yābhiḥ | madāya | śumbhate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.38.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“that.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“pale; green; bay; yellow.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“groom; wash; rub.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“active.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“look; shine; beautify.”