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 9.62.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
असा॑व्यं॒शुर्मदा॑या॒प्सु दक्षो॑ गिरि॒ष्ठाः । श्ये॒नो न योनि॒मास॑दत् ॥
असाव्यंशुर्मदायाप्सु दक्षो गिरिष्ठाः । श्येनो न योनिमासदत् ॥
asāvy aṃśur madāyāpsu dakṣo giriṣṭhāḥ | śyeno na yonim āsadat ||
English translation:
“The mountain-born Soma flows for exhilaration, mighty in the (vasatīvarī) waters; he alights like a falcon on his own plural ce.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Amśu may also be interpreted as metal-streaks in an ore block (Kalyan)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): jamadagniḥ [jamadagni];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyāgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
असा॑वि । अं॒शुः । मदा॑य । अ॒प्ऽसु । दक्षः॑ । गि॒रि॒ऽस्थाः । श्ये॒नः । न । योनि॑म् । आ । अ॒स॒द॒त् ॥
असावि । अंशुः । मदाय । अप्सु । दक्षः । गिरिस्थाः । श्येनः । न । योनिम् । आ । असदत् ॥
asāvi | aṃśuḥ | madāya | ap-su | dakṣaḥ | giri-sthāḥ | śyenaḥ | na | yonim | ā | asadat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.62.4 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sunbeam; beam; aṃśu [word]; thread.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“deft; right; intelligent; expert.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hawk; bird of prey; falcon; Śyena; eagle; śyena [word]; Śyena.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“approach; attack; sit down; approach; find; arrive.”