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 9.52.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ प्र॒त्नेभि॒रध्व॑भि॒रव्यो॒ वारे॒ परि॑ प्रि॒यः । स॒हस्र॑धारो या॒त्तना॑ ॥
तव प्रत्नेभिरध्वभिरव्यो वारे परि प्रियः । सहस्रधारो यात्तना ॥
tava pratnebhir adhvabhir avyo vāre pari priyaḥ | sahasradhāro yāt tanā ||

English translation:

“Your juice dear (to the gods), flowing in a thousand streams, proceeds by ancient paths to the fleecy filter.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ । प्र॒त्नेभिः॑ । अध्व॑ऽभिः । अव्यः॑ । वारे॑ । परि॑ । प्रि॒यः । स॒हस्र॑ऽधारः । या॒त् । तना॑ ॥
तव । प्रत्नेभिः । अध्वभिः । अव्यः । वारे । परि । प्रियः । सहस्रधारः । यात् । तना ॥
tava | pratnebhiḥ | adhva-bhiḥ | avyaḥ | vāre | pari | priyaḥ | sahasra-dhāraḥ | yāt | tanā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.52.2 English analysis of grammar]

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

pratnebhir < pratnebhiḥ < pratna

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“age-old; pratna [word].”

adhvabhir < adhvabhiḥ < adhvan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“way; journey; adhvan [word]; time; path; method; road; time; distance.”

avyo < avyaḥ < avya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vāre < vāra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“strainer.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

priyaḥ < priya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

sahasradhāro < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasradhāro < dhāraḥ < dhārā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

yāt <

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

tanā < tan

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“continuity; sequence; longevity.”

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