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 9.45.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तया॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या॒ यया॑ पी॒तो वि॒चक्ष॑से । इन्दो॑ स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥
तया पवस्व धारया यया पीतो विचक्षसे । इन्दो स्तोत्रे सुवीर्यम् ॥
tayā pavasva dhārayā yayā pīto vicakṣase | indo stotre suvīryam ||

English translation:

“Flow Indu, with that stream wherewith when drunk you bestow much vigour on your discerning worshipper.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तया॑ । प॒व॒स्व॒ । धार॑या । यया॑ । पी॒तः । वि॒ऽचक्ष॑से । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । स्तो॒त्रे । सु॒ऽवीर्य॑म् ॥
तया । पवस्व । धारया । यया । पीतः । विचक्षसे । इन्दो इति । स्तोत्रे । सुवीर्यम् ॥
tayā | pavasva | dhārayā | yayā | pītaḥ | vi-cakṣase | indo iti | stotre | su-vīryam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.45.6 English analysis of grammar]

tayā < tad

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

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

yayā < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

pīto < pītaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

vicakṣase < vicakṣ < √cakṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

stotre < stotṛ

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“laudatory; worshiping.”

suvīryam < su

[adverb]

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

suvīryam < vīryam < vīrya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

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