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 9.61.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पव॑मानो अजीजनद्दि॒वश्चि॒त्रं न त॑न्य॒तुम् । ज्योति॑र्वैश्वान॒रं बृ॒हत् ॥
पवमानो अजीजनद्दिवश्चित्रं न तन्यतुम् । ज्योतिर्वैश्वानरं बृहत् ॥
pavamāno ajījanad divaś citraṃ na tanyatum | jyotir vaiśvānaram bṛhat ||
English translation:
“The pure (Soma) has genitive rated in heaven the great Vaiśvānara light like the wonderful thunder.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Vaiśvānara light: i.e., Agni, the son of Vaiśvānara
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पव॑मानः । अ॒जी॒ज॒न॒त् । दि॒वः । चि॒त्रम् । न । त॒न्य॒तुम् । ज्योतिः॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रम् । बृ॒हत् ॥
पवमानः । अजीजनत् । दिवः । चित्रम् । न । तन्यतुम् । ज्योतिः । वैश्वानरम् । बृहत् ॥
pavamānaḥ | ajījanat | divaḥ | citram | na | tanyatum | jyotiḥ | vaiśvānaram | bṛhat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.61.16 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“thunder.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“omnipresent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”