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 9.52.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ द्यु॒क्षः स॒नद्र॑यि॒र्भर॒द्वाजं॑ नो॒ अन्ध॑सा । सु॒वा॒नो अ॑र्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ ॥
परि द्युक्षः सनद्रयिर्भरद्वाजं नो अन्धसा । सुवानो अर्ष पवित्र आ ॥
pari dyukṣaḥ sanadrayir bharad vājaṃ no andhasā | suvāno arṣa pavitra ā ||

English translation:

“May the glittering (Soma), the acquirer of wealth; bestow upon us strength together with food; hasten when effused to the filter.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Sāmaveda has svano for suvāno

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ । द्यु॒क्षः । स॒नत्ऽर॑यिः । भर॑त् । वाज॑म् । नः॒ । अन्ध॑सा । सु॒वा॒नः । अ॒र्ष॒ । प॒वित्रे॑ । आ ॥
परि । द्युक्षः । सनत्रयिः । भरत् । वाजम् । नः । अन्धसा । सुवानः । अर्ष । पवित्रे । आ ॥
pari | dyukṣaḥ | sanat-rayiḥ | bharat | vājam | naḥ | andhasā | suvānaḥ | aṣar | pavitre | ā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.52.1 English analysis of grammar]

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

dyukṣaḥ < dyukṣa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“celestial; divine; divine; brilliant.”

sanadrayir < sanat < san

[verb noun]

“win; get; gain.”

sanadrayir < rayiḥ < rayi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

bharad < bharat < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

vājaṃ < vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

andhasā < andhas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

suvāno < suvānaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

arṣa < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run.”

pavitra < pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

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