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 9.44.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स न॑: पवस्व वाज॒युश्च॑क्रा॒णश्चारु॑मध्व॒रम् । ब॒र्हिष्माँ॒ आ वि॑वासति ॥
स नः पवस्व वाजयुश्चक्राणश्चारुमध्वरम् । बर्हिष्माँ आ विवासति ॥
sa naḥ pavasva vājayuś cakrāṇaś cārum adhvaram | barhiṣmām̐ ā vivāsati ||
English translation:
“Flow for us food-desiring, making (our) sacrifice auspicious; (O Soma, whom) the priest with the sacred grass adores.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ayāsyaḥ [ayāsya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । नः॒ । प॒व॒स्व॒ । वा॒ज॒ऽयुः । च॒क्रा॒णः । चारु॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । ब॒र्हिष्मा॑न् । आ । वि॒वा॒स॒ति॒ ॥
सः । नः । पवस्व । वाजयुः । चक्राणः । चारुम् । अध्वरम् । बर्हिष्मान् । आ । विवासति ॥
saḥ | naḥ | pavasva | vāja-yuḥ | cakrāṇaḥ | cārum | adhvaram | barhiṣmān | ā | vivāsati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.44.4 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“competing(a); competitive.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“invite; endeavor; try for.”