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 9.61.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒तमु॒ त्यं दश॒ क्षिपो॑ मृ॒जन्ति॒ सिन्धु॑मातरम् । समा॑दि॒त्येभि॑रख्यत ॥
एतमु त्यं दश क्षिपो मृजन्ति सिन्धुमातरम् । समादित्येभिरख्यत ॥
etam u tyaṃ daśa kṣipo mṛjanti sindhumātaram | sam ādityebhir akhyata ||

English translation:

“The ten fingers cleanse this Soma, whose parents are the rivers; he is associated with the Ādityas.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्यम् । दश॑ । क्षिपः॑ । मृ॒जन्ति॑ । सिन्धु॑ऽमातरम् । सम् । आ॒दि॒त्येभिः॑ । अ॒ख्य॒त॒ ॥
एतम् । ऊँ इति । त्यम् । दश । क्षिपः । मृजन्ति । सिन्धुमातरम् । सम् । आदित्येभिः । अख्यत ॥
etam | oṃ iti | tyam | daśa | kṣipaḥ | mṛjanti | sindhu-mātaram | sam | ādityebhiḥ | akhyata

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.61.7 English analysis of grammar]

etam < etad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

tyaṃ < tyam < tya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“that.”

daśa < daśan

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”

kṣipo < kṣipaḥ < kṣip

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“finger.”

mṛjanti < mṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

sindhumātaram < sindhu

[noun], masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

sindhumātaram < mātaram < mātṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

ādityebhir < ādityebhiḥ < āditya

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

akhyata < khyā

[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

“name; describe; call; enumerate; watch; know.”

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