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 9.59.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मान॒ स्व॑र्विदो॒ जाय॑मानोऽभवो म॒हान् । इन्दो॒ विश्वाँ॑ अ॒भीद॑सि ॥
पवमान स्वर्विदो जायमानोऽभवो महान् । इन्दो विश्वाँ अभीदसि ॥
pavamāna svar vido jāyamāno 'bhavo mahān | indo viśvām̐ abhīd asi ||

English translation:

“O purifying Soma, grant all boons; as soon as you are born you are great; Indu, you overcome all (foes).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मान । स्वः॑ । वि॒दः॒ । जाय॑मानः । अ॒भ॒वः॒ । म॒हान् । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । विश्वा॑न् । अ॒भि । इत् । अ॒सि॒ ॥
पवमान । स्वः । विदः । जायमानः । अभवः । महान् । इन्दो इति । विश्वान् । अभि । इत् । असि ॥
pavamāna | svaḥ | vidaḥ | jāyamānaḥ | abhavaḥ | mahān | indo iti | viśvān | abhi | it | asi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.59.4 English analysis of grammar]

pavamāna <

[verb noun], vocative, singular

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

svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

vido < vidaḥ < vid

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

jāyamāno < jāyamānaḥ < jan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

'bhavo < abhavaḥ < bhū

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

mahān < mahat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

viśvāṃ < viśvān < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

abhīd < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

abhīd < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

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