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 9.62.16

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मानः सु॒तो नृभि॒: सोमो॒ वाज॑मिवासरत् । च॒मूषु॒ शक्म॑ना॒सद॑म् ॥
पवमानः सुतो नृभिः सोमो वाजमिवासरत् । चमूषु शक्मनासदम् ॥
pavamānaḥ suto nṛbhiḥ somo vājam ivāsarat | camūṣu śakmanāsadam ||

English translation:

“The pure Soma effused by the priests rushes forth as if to battle, to alight vigorously upon the ladles.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मानः । सु॒तह् । नृऽभिः॑ । सोमः॑ । वाज॑म्ऽइव । अ॒स॒र्चत् । च॒मूषु॑ । शक्म॑ना । आ॒ऽसद॑म् ॥
पवमानः । सुतह् । नृभिः । सोमः । वाजम्इव । असर्चत् । चमूषु । शक्मना । आसदम् ॥
pavamānaḥ | sutaḥ | nṛ-bhiḥ | somaḥ | vājam-iva | asarcat | camūṣu | śakmanā | āsadam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.62.16 English analysis of grammar]

pavamānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

suto < sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

nṛbhiḥ < nṛ

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

somo < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

ivāsarat < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

ivāsarat < asarat < sṛ

[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”

camūṣu < camū

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“army; camū; Camū.”

śakmanāsadam < śakman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

śakmanāsadam < āsadam < āsad < √sad

[verb noun]

“approach; attack; sit down; approach; find; arrive.”

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