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 9.61.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये ते॑ प॒वित्र॑मू॒र्मयो॑ऽभि॒क्षर॑न्ति॒ धार॑या । तेभि॑र्नः सोम मृळय ॥
ये ते पवित्रमूर्मयोऽभिक्षरन्ति धारया । तेभिर्नः सोम मृळय ॥
ye te pavitram ūrmayo 'bhikṣaranti dhārayā | tebhir naḥ soma mṛḻaya ||

English translation:

“Delight us, Soma, with those your undulations what flow over the filter in a stream.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये । ते॒ । प॒वित्र॑म् । ऊ॒र्मयः॑ । अ॒भि॒ऽक्षर॑न्ति । धार॑या । तेभिः॑ । नः॒ । सो॒म॒ । मृ॒ळ॒य॒ ॥
ये । ते । पवित्रम् । ऊर्मयः । अभिक्षरन्ति । धारया । तेभिः । नः । सोम । मृळय ॥
ye | te | pavitram | ūrmayaḥ | abhi-kṣaranti | dhārayā | tebhiḥ | naḥ | soma | mṛḷaya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.61.5 English analysis of grammar]

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

pavitram < pavitra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

ūrmayo < ūrmayaḥ < ūrmi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“wave; billow.”

'bhikṣaranti < abhikṣaranti < abhikṣar < √kṣar

[verb], plural, Present indikative

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

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

tebhir < tebhiḥ < tad

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

mṛᄆaya < mṛḍaya < mṛḍay < √mṛḍ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“pardon.”

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