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 9.62.23

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि गव्या॑नि वी॒तये॑ नृ॒म्णा पु॑ना॒नो अ॑र्षसि । स॒नद्वा॑ज॒: परि॑ स्रव ॥
अभि गव्यानि वीतये नृम्णा पुनानो अर्षसि । सनद्वाजः परि स्रव ॥
abhi gavyāni vītaye nṛmṇā punāno arṣasi | sanadvājaḥ pari srava ||

English translation:

“Being purified you have the treasures of the kine to enjoy (them); flow forth you who grants food.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । गव्या॑नि । वी॒तये॑ । नृ॒म्णा । पु॒ना॒नः । अ॒र्ष॒सि॒ । स॒नत्ऽवा॑जः । परि॑ । स्र॒व॒ ॥
अभि । गव्यानि । वीतये । नृम्णा । पुनानः । अर्षसि । सनत्वाजः । परि । स्रव ॥
abhi | gavyāni | vītaye | nṛmṇā | punānaḥ | arṣasi | sanat-vājaḥ | pari | srava

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.62.23 English analysis of grammar]

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

gavyāni < gavya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“bovine.”

vītaye < vīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

nṛmṇā < nṛmṇa

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“manhood; power.”

punāno < punānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

arṣasi < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

sanadvājaḥ < sanat < san

[verb noun]

“win; get; gain.”

sanadvājaḥ < vājaḥ < vāja

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

srava < sru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“discharge; issue; run; filter; discharge; liquefy; ejaculate; fail; disappear; leak; fester.”

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