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 9.41.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शृ॒ण्वे वृ॒ष्टेरि॑व स्व॒नः पव॑मानस्य शु॒ष्मिण॑: । चर॑न्ति वि॒द्युतो॑ दि॒वि ॥
शृण्वे वृष्टेरिव स्वनः पवमानस्य शुष्मिणः । चरन्ति विद्युतो दिवि ॥
śṛṇve vṛṣṭer iva svanaḥ pavamānasya śuṣmiṇaḥ | caranti vidyuto divi ||
English translation:
“The sound of the purified, powerful Soma is heard like that of rain; (his) lightning moves in the sky.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhyātithiḥ [medhyātithi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शृ॒ण्वे । वृ॒ष्टेःऽइ॑व । स्व॒नः । पव॑मानस्य । शु॒ष्मिणः॑ । चर॑न्ति । वि॒ऽद्युतः॑ । दि॒वि ॥
शृण्वे । वृष्टेःइव । स्वनः । पवमानस्य । शुष्मिणः । चरन्ति । विद्युतः । दिवि ॥
śṛṇve | vṛṣṭeḥ-iva | svanaḥ | pavamānasya | śuṣmiṇaḥ | caranti | vi-dyutaḥ | divi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.41.3 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“rain; shower; rainy season.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“noise; sound; svan.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“strong; hotheaded.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“lightning; Vidyut; thunderbolt.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”