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 9.46.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स प॑वस्व धनंजय प्रय॒न्ता राध॑सो म॒हः । अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम गातु॒वित् ॥
स पवस्व धनंजय प्रयन्ता राधसो महः । अस्मभ्यं सोम गातुवित् ॥
sa pavasva dhanaṃjaya prayantā rādhaso mahaḥ | asmabhyaṃ soma gātuvit ||

English translation:

Soma, conqueror of wealth, who know the way (to fulfil my desires), flow forth the bestower of vast wealth upon us.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । प॒व॒स्व॒ । ध॒न॒म्ऽज॒य॒ । प्र॒ऽय॒न्ता । राध॑सः । म॒हः । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । सो॒म॒ । गा॒तु॒ऽवित् ॥
सः । पवस्व । धनम्जय । प्रयन्ता । राधसः । महः । अस्मभ्यम् । सोम । गातुवित् ॥
saḥ | pavasva | dhanam-jaya | pra-yantā | rādhasaḥ | mahaḥ | asmabhyam | soma | gātu-vit

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.46.5 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[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.”

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

dhanañjaya < dhanaṃjaya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

prayantā < prayantṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

rādhaso < rādhasaḥ < rādhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

mahaḥ < mah

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

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

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

gātuvit < gātu

[noun], masculine

“path; way.”

gātuvit < vid

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“finding.”

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