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 9.41.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ णः शर्म॒यन्त्या॒ धार॑या सोम वि॒श्वत॑: । सरा॑ र॒सेव॑ वि॒ष्टप॑म् ॥
परि णः शर्मयन्त्या धारया सोम विश्वतः । सरा रसेव विष्टपम् ॥
pari ṇaḥ śarmayantyā dhārayā soma viśvataḥ | sarā raseva viṣṭapam ||

English translation:

“Flow round us, Soma, on all sides in a bliss-bestowing stream, like a river down a steep plural ce.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Or, as the earth (is surrounded) with water

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ । नः॒ । श॒र्म॒ऽयन्त्या॑ । धार॑या । सो॒म॒ । वि॒श्वतः॑ । सर॑ । र॒साऽइ॑व । वि॒ष्टप॑म् ॥
परि । नः । शर्मयन्त्या । धारया । सोम । विश्वतः । सर । रसाइव । विष्टपम् ॥
pari | naḥ | śarma-yantyā | dhārayā | soma | viśvataḥ | sara | rasā-iva | viṣṭapam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.41.6 English analysis of grammar]

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

ṇaḥ < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

śarmayantyā < śarmay

[verb noun], instrumental, singular

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

viśvataḥ < viśvatas

[adverb]

“everywhere; around; about.”

sarā < sara < sṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”

raseva < rasā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Rasā; Earth; Earth.”

raseva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

viṣṭapam < viṣṭap

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

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