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 9.51.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष विचक्षण प॒वित्रं॒ धार॑या सु॒तः । अ॒भि वाज॑मु॒त श्रव॑: ॥
अभ्यर्ष विचक्षण पवित्रं धारया सुतः । अभि वाजमुत श्रवः ॥
abhy arṣa vicakṣaṇa pavitraṃ dhārayā sutaḥ | abhi vājam uta śravaḥ ||

English translation:

“Hasten, sagacious (Soma), when you are effused, to the filter in a stream; bestow upon us food and fame.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । अ॒र्ष॒ । वि॒ऽच॒क्ष॒ण॒ । प॒वित्र॑म् । धार॑या । सु॒तः । अ॒भि । वाज॑म् । उ॒त । श्रवः॑ ॥
अभि । अर्ष । विचक्षण । पवित्रम् । धारया । सुतः । अभि । वाजम् । उत । श्रवः ॥
abhi | arṣa | vi-cakṣaṇa | pavitram | dhārayā | sutaḥ | abhi | vājam | uta | śravaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.51.5 English analysis of grammar]

abhy < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

arṣa < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run.”

vicakṣaṇa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“expert; wise; discerning; clear-sighted; conversant(p); bright.”

pavitraṃ < pavitram < pavitra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

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

sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

śravaḥ < śravas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

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