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 9.61.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स नो॒ भगा॑य वा॒यवे॑ पू॒ष्णे प॑वस्व॒ मधु॑मान् । चारु॑र्मि॒त्रे वरु॑णे च ॥
स नो भगाय वायवे पूष्णे पवस्व मधुमान् । चारुर्मित्रे वरुणे च ॥
sa no bhagāya vāyave pūṣṇe pavasva madhumān | cārur mitre varuṇe ca ||

English translation:

“Do you who are sweet-flavoured and beautiful flow (at) our (sacrifice) for Bhaga, Vāyu, Pūṣaṇ, Mitra and Varuṇa

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । नः॒ । भगा॑य । वा॒यवे॑ । पू॒ष्णे । प॒व॒स्व॒ । मधु॑ऽमान् । चारुः॑ । मि॒त्रे । वरु॑णे । च॒ ॥
सः । नः । भगाय । वायवे । पूष्णे । पवस्व । मधुमान् । चारुः । मित्रे । वरुणे । च ॥
saḥ | naḥ | bhagāya | vāyave | pūṣṇe | pavasva | madhu-mān | cāruḥ | mitre | varuṇe | ca

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.61.9 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

bhagāya < bhaga

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”

vāyave < vāyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

pūṣṇe < pūṣan

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

madhumān < madhumat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”

cārur < cāruḥ < cāru

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”

mitre < mitra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

varuṇe < varuṇa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

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