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 9.61.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अर्षा॑ णः सोम॒ शं गवे॑ धु॒क्षस्व॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॑म् । वर्धा॑ समु॒द्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥
अर्षा णः सोम शं गवे धुक्षस्व पिप्युषीमिषम् । वर्धा समुद्रमुक्थ्यम् ॥
arṣā ṇaḥ soma śaṃ gave dhukṣasva pipyuṣīm iṣam | vardhā samudram ukthyam ||

English translation:

Soma, pour prosperity upon our cattle, milk forth (for us) nutritious food; augment the laudable water.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अर्ष॑ । नः॒ । सो॒म॒ । शम् । गवे॑ । धु॒क्षस्व॑ । पि॒प्युषी॑म् । इष॑म् । वर्ध॑ । स॒मु॒द्रम् । उ॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥
अर्ष । नः । सोम । शम् । गवे । धुक्षस्व । पिप्युषीम् । इषम् । वर्ध । समुद्रम् । उक्थ्यम् ॥
arṣa | naḥ | soma | śam | gave | dhukṣasva | pipyuṣīm | iṣam | vardha | samudram | ukthyam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.61.15 English analysis of grammar]

arṣā < arṣa < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run.”

ṇaḥ < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

śaṃ < śam

[adverb]

“śam [word].”

gave < go

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

dhukṣasva < duh

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“milk.”

pipyuṣīm < pyā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“swell; abound; swell.”

iṣam < iṣ

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

vardhā < vardha < vṛdh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

samudram < samudra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

ukthyam < ukthya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“applaudable.”

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