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 9.61.22
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स प॑वस्व॒ य आवि॒थेन्द्रं॑ वृ॒त्राय॒ हन्त॑वे । व॒व्रि॒वांसं॑ म॒हीर॒पः ॥
स पवस्व य आविथेन्द्रं वृत्राय हन्तवे । वव्रिवांसं महीरपः ॥
sa pavasva ya āvithendraṃ vṛtrāya hantave | vavrivāṃsam mahīr apaḥ ||
English translation:
“Flow you who did help Indra to slay Vṛtra, who obstructed the great waters.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । प॒व॒स्व॒ । यः । आवि॑थ । इन्द्र॑म् । वृ॒त्राय॑ । हन्त॑वे । व॒व्रि॒ऽवांस॑म् । म॒हीः । अ॒पः ॥
सः । पवस्व । यः । आविथ । इन्द्रम् । वृत्राय । हन्तवे । वव्रिवांसम् । महीः । अपः ॥
saḥ | pavasva | yaḥ | āvitha | indram | vṛtrāya | hantave | vavri-vāṃsam | mahīḥ | apaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.61.22 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[verb noun]
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“great; firm.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”