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 9.59.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑स्व गो॒जिद॑श्व॒जिद्वि॑श्व॒जित्सो॑म रण्य॒जित् । प्र॒जाव॒द्रत्न॒मा भ॑र ॥
पवस्व गोजिदश्वजिद्विश्वजित्सोम रण्यजित् । प्रजावद्रत्नमा भर ॥
pavasva gojid aśvajid viśvajit soma raṇyajit | prajāvad ratnam ā bhara ||

English translation:

“Flow, Soma, conqueror of cattle, of horses, of all things, of desirable wealth; bring us riches with male offspring.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑स्व । गो॒ऽजित् । अ॒श्व॒ऽजित् । वि॒श्व॒ऽजित् । सो॒म॒ । र॒ण्य॒ऽजित् । प्र॒जाऽव॑त् । रत्न॑म् । आ । भ॒र॒ ॥
पवस्व । गोजित् । अश्वजित् । विश्वजित् । सोम । रण्यजित् । प्रजावत् । रत्नम् । आ । भर ॥
pavasva | go-jit | aśva-jit | viśva-jit | soma | raṇya-jit | prajāvat | ratnam | ā | bhara

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.59.1 English analysis of grammar]

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

gojid < go

[noun], masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

gojid < jit

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”

aśvajid < aśva

[noun], masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

aśvajid < jit

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”

viśvajit < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvajit < jit

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

raṇyajit < raṇya

[noun], neuter

raṇyajit < jit

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”

prajāvad < prajāvat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“prolific.”

ratnam < ratna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”

ā

[adverb]

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

bhara < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

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