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 9.39.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यं स यो दि॒वस्परि॑ रघु॒यामा॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ । सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मा व्यक्ष॑रत् ॥
अयं स यो दिवस्परि रघुयामा पवित्र आ । सिन्धोरूर्मा व्यक्षरत् ॥
ayaṃ sa yo divas pari raghuyāmā pavitra ā | sindhor ūrmā vy akṣarat ||

English translation:

“This (Soma), who light of movement (mounts) toheaven, through the filter in a stream of water.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bṛhanmatiḥ [bṛhanmati];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यम् । सः । यः । दि॒वः । परि॑ । र॒घु॒ऽयामा॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ । आ । सिन्धोः॑ । ऊ॒र्मा । वि । अक्ष॑रत् ॥
अयम् । सः । यः । दिवः । परि । रघुयामा । पवित्रे । आ । सिन्धोः । ऊर्मा । वि । अक्षरत् ॥
ayam | saḥ | yaḥ | divaḥ | pari | raghu-yāmā | pavitre | ā | sindhoḥ | ūrmā | vi | akṣarat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.39.4 English analysis of grammar]

ayaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

divas < divaḥ < div

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

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

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

raghuyāmā < raghu

[noun]

“low; fast.”

raghuyāmā < yāmā < yāman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”

pavitra < pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

ā

[adverb]

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

sindhor < sindhoḥ < sindhu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

ūrmā < ūrmi

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“wave; billow.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

akṣarat < kṣar

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“run; melt.”

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