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 9.61.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒वीरा॑सो व॒यं धना॒ जये॑म सोम मीढ्वः । पु॒ना॒नो व॑र्ध नो॒ गिर॑: ॥
सुवीरासो वयं धना जयेम सोम मीढ्वः । पुनानो वर्ध नो गिरः ॥
suvīrāso vayaṃ dhanā jayema soma mīḍhvaḥ | punāno vardha no giraḥ ||
English translation:
“May we, possessed of excellent male offspring, conquer the wealth (of our enemies), O Soma, the sprinkler; being purified, accept our praises.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒ऽवीरा॑सः । व॒यम् । धना॑ । जये॑म । सो॒म॒ । मी॒ढ्वः॒ । पु॒ना॒नः । व॒र्ध॒ । नः॒ । गिरः॑ ॥
सुवीरासः । वयम् । धना । जयेम । सोम । मीढ्वः । पुनानः । वर्ध । नः । गिरः ॥
su-vīrāsaḥ | vayam | dhanā | jayema | soma | mīḍhavaḥ | punānaḥ | vardha | naḥ | giraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.61.23 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“big.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”