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 9.57.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स म॑र्मृजा॒न आ॒युभि॒रिभो॒ राजे॑व सुव्र॒तः । श्ये॒नो न वंसु॑ षीदति ॥
स मर्मृजान आयुभिरिभो राजेव सुव्रतः । श्येनो न वंसु षीदति ॥
sa marmṛjāna āyubhir ibho rājeva suvrataḥ | śyeno na vaṃsu ṣīdati ||
English translation:
“He, the object of pious observances, cleansed by the priests, fearless as a king, sits on the waters like a hawk.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
A conjecture: ibhe = ibho, like a king among his retinue
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): avatsāraḥ [avatsāra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । म॒र्मृजा॒नः । आ॒युऽभिः॑ । इभः॑ । राजा॑ऽइव । सु॒ऽव्र॒तः । श्ये॒नः । न । वंसु॑ । सी॒द॒ति॒ ॥
सः । मर्मृजानः । आयुभिः । इभः । राजाइव । सुव्रतः । श्येनः । न । वंसु । सीदति ॥
saḥ | marmṛjānaḥ | āyu-bhiḥ | ibhaḥ | rājā-iva | su-vrataḥ | śyenaḥ | na | vaṃsu | sīdati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.57.3 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“groom; wash; rub.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“elephant.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“virtuous; tractable; severe.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hawk; bird of prey; falcon; Śyena; eagle; śyena [word]; Śyena.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[?]
“_”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”