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 9.44.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र ण॑ इन्दो म॒हे तन॑ ऊ॒र्मिं न बिभ्र॑दर्षसि । अ॒भि दे॒वाँ अ॒यास्य॑: ॥
प्र ण इन्दो महे तन ऊर्मिं न बिभ्रदर्षसि । अभि देवाँ अयास्यः ॥
pra ṇa indo mahe tana ūrmiṃ na bibhrad arṣasi | abhi devām̐ ayāsyaḥ ||

English translation:

Indu, you advance to give us abundant wealth; Ayāsya bearing your waves (go) towards the gods (to sacrifice).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । नः॒ । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । म॒हे । तने॑ । ऊ॒र्मिम् । न । बिभ्र॑त् । अ॒र्ष॒सि॒ । अ॒भि । दे॒वान् । अ॒यास्यः॑ ॥
प्र । नः । इन्दो इति । महे । तने । ऊर्मिम् । न । बिभ्रत् । अर्षसि । अभि । देवान् । अयास्यः ॥
pra | naḥ | indo iti | mahe | tane | ūrmim | na | bibhrat | arṣasi | abhi | devān | ayāsyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.44.1 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

ṇa < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

mahe < mah

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

tana < tane < tan

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“continuity; sequence; longevity.”

ūrmiṃ < ūrmim < ūrmi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wave; billow.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

bibhrad < bibhrat < bhṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

arṣasi < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

devāṃ < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

ayāsyaḥ < ayāsya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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