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 9.61.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मानस्य ते॒ रसो॒ मदो॑ राजन्नदुच्छु॒नः । वि वार॒मव्य॑मर्षति ॥
पवमानस्य ते रसो मदो राजन्नदुच्छुनः । वि वारमव्यमर्षति ॥
pavamānasya te raso mado rājann aducchunaḥ | vi vāram avyam arṣati ||

English translation:

“Bright shining Soma, the juice of you, when your flow enters the woollen filter, exhilarating free from evil.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मानस्य । ते॒ । रसः॑ । मदः॑ । रा॒ज॒न् । अ॒दु॒च्छु॒नः । वि । वार॑म् । अव्य॑म् । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ ॥
पवमानस्य । ते । रसः । मदः । राजन् । अदुच्छुनः । वि । वारम् । अव्यम् । अर्षति ॥
pavamānasya | te | rasaḥ | madaḥ | rājan | aducchunaḥ | vi | vāram | avyam | arṣati

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.61.17 English analysis of grammar]

pavamānasya <

[verb noun], genitive, singular

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

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

raso < rasaḥ < rasa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mercury; juice; medicine; rasa; alchemy; liquid; Rasa; mahārasa; taste; broth; elixir; resin; rasa; essence; six; water; soup; liquid body substance; rasa; formulation; myrrh; rasa [word]; amṛta; purpose; delight; solution; milk; beverage; alcohol; sap; nectar; Rasātala.”

mado < madaḥ < mada

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

rājann < rājan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

aducchunaḥ < aducchuna

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“propitious.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

vāram < vāra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“strainer.”

avyam < avya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

arṣati < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

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