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 9.45.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

समी॒ सखा॑यो अस्वर॒न्वने॒ क्रीळ॑न्त॒मत्य॑विम् । इन्दुं॑ ना॒वा अ॑नूषत ॥
समी सखायो अस्वरन्वने क्रीळन्तमत्यविम् । इन्दुं नावा अनूषत ॥
sam ī sakhāyo asvaran vane krīḻantam atyavim | induṃ nāvā anūṣata ||

English translation:

“His friends praise Indu sporting in the water and passing through the fleece; their hymns glorify him.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सम् । ई॒म् इति॑ । सखा॑यः । अ॒स्व॒र॒न् । वने॑ । क्रीळ॑न्तम् । अति॑ऽअविम् । इन्दु॑म् । ना॒वाः । अ॒नू॒ष॒त॒ ॥
सम् । ईम् इति । सखायः । अस्वरन् । वने । क्रीळन्तम् । अतिअविम् । इन्दुम् । नावाः । अनूषत ॥
sam | īm iti | sakhāyaḥ | asvaran | vane | krīḷantam | ati-avim | indum | nāvāḥ | ānūṣata

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.45.5 English analysis of grammar]

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

ī

[adverb]

“īkāra.”

sakhāyo < sakhāyaḥ < sakhi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

asvaran < svar

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“sing.”

vane < vana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”

krīᄆantam < krīḍantam < krīḍ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“frolic; love; play; amuse.”

atyavim < atyavi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

induṃ < indum < indu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

nāvā < nāvāḥ < nāva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

anūṣata <

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“praise; shout.”

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