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 9.62.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शु॒भ्रमन्धो॑ दे॒ववा॑तम॒प्सु धू॒तो नृभि॑: सु॒तः । स्वद॑न्ति॒ गाव॒: पयो॑भिः ॥
शुभ्रमन्धो देववातमप्सु धूतो नृभिः सुतः । स्वदन्ति गावः पयोभिः ॥
śubhram andho devavātam apsu dhūto nṛbhiḥ sutaḥ | svadanti gāvaḥ payobhiḥ ||
English translation:
“The cattle sweeten with their milk the beautiful food that is asked for by the gods; the Soma when effused by the priests is cleansed in the water.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): jamadagniḥ [jamadagni];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शु॒भ्रम् । अन्धः॑ । दे॒वऽवा॑तम् । अ॒प्ऽसु । धू॒तः । नृऽभिः॑ । सु॒तः । स्वद॑न्ति । गावः॑ । पयः॑ऽभिः ॥
शुभ्रम् । अन्धः । देववातम् । अप्सु । धूतः । नृभिः । सुतः । स्वदन्ति । गावः । पयःभिः ॥
śubhram | andhaḥ | deva-vātam | ap-su | dhūtaḥ | nṛ-bhiḥ | sutaḥ | svadanti | gāvaḥ | payaḥ-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.62.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“white; beautiful; attractive; śubhra [word]; light.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“shake; remove; chase away.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“sweeten.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”