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 9.61.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पव॑मानस्य ते व॒यं प॒वित्र॑मभ्युन्द॒तः । स॒खि॒त्वमा वृ॑णीमहे ॥
पवमानस्य ते वयं पवित्रमभ्युन्दतः । सखित्वमा वृणीमहे ॥
pavamānasya te vayam pavitram abhyundataḥ | sakhitvam ā vṛṇīmahe ||
English translation:
“We solicit your friendship as you drop flowing over the filter.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पव॑मानस्य । ते॒ । व॒यम् । प॒वित्र॑म् । अ॒भि॒ऽउ॒न्द॒तः । स॒खि॒ऽत्वम् । आ । वृ॒णी॒म॒ह्चे ॥
पवमानस्य । ते । वयम् । पवित्रम् । अभिउन्दतः । सखित्वम् । आ । वृणीमह्चे ॥
pavamānasya | te | vayam | pavitram | abhi-undataḥ | sakhi-tvam | ā | vṛṇīmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.61.4 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“wet.”
[noun], masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“choose; ask.”