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 9.43.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मान वि॒दा र॒यिम॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम सु॒श्रिय॑म् । इन्दो॑ स॒हस्र॑वर्चसम् ॥
पवमान विदा रयिमस्मभ्यं सोम सुश्रियम् । इन्दो सहस्रवर्चसम् ॥
pavamāna vidā rayim asmabhyaṃ soma suśriyam | indo sahasravarcasam ||

English translation:

“Purified Soma, grant us auspicious wealth, with infinite splendour, O Indu.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मान । वि॒दाः । र॒यिम् । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । सो॒म॒ । सु॒ऽश्रिय॑म् । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । स॒हस्र॑ऽवर्चसम् ॥
पवमान । विदाः । रयिम् । अस्मभ्यम् । सोम । सुश्रियम् । इन्दो इति । सहस्रवर्चसम् ॥
pavamāna | vidāḥ | rayim | asmabhyam | soma | su-śriyam | indo iti | sahasra-varcasam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.43.4 English analysis of grammar]

pavamāna

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“wind.”

vidā < vidāḥ < vid

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

suśriyam < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suśriyam < śriyam < śrī

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

sahasravarcasam < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasravarcasam < varcasam < varcas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“shininess; vigor; fecal matter; glare; magnificence; energy; prestige; energy; glory; luster; light; varcas [word]; glory; body waste; droppings; color.”

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