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 9.49.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
घृ॒तं प॑वस्व॒ धार॑या य॒ज्ञेषु॑ देव॒वीत॑मः । अ॒स्मभ्य॑य वृ॒ष्टिमा प॑व ॥
घृतं पवस्व धारया यज्ञेषु देववीतमः । अस्मभ्यं वृष्टिमा पव ॥
ghṛtam pavasva dhārayā yajñeṣu devavītamaḥ | asmabhyaṃ vṛṣṭim ā pava ||
English translation:
“You who are most dear to the gods at sacrifice, shower down water in a stream, pour your rain upon us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavibhārgavaḥ [kavibhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
घृ॒तम् । प॒व॒स्व॒ । धार॑या । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । दे॒व॒ऽवीत॑मः । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । वृ॒ष्टिम् । आ । प॒व॒ ॥
घृतम् । पवस्व । धारया । यज्ञेषु । देववीतमः । अस्मभ्यम् । वृष्टिम् । आ । पव ॥
ghṛtam | pavasva | dhārayā | yajñeṣu | deva-vītamaḥ | asmabhyam | vṛṣṭim | ā | pava
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.49.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“rain; shower; rainy season.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”