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 9.62.28

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र ते॑ दि॒वो न वृ॒ष्टयो॒ धारा॑ यन्त्यस॒श्चत॑: । अ॒भि शु॒क्रामु॑प॒स्तिर॑म् ॥
प्र ते दिवो न वृष्टयो धारा यन्त्यसश्चतः । अभि शुक्रामुपस्तिरम् ॥
pra te divo na vṛṣṭayo dhārā yanty asaścataḥ | abhi śukrām upastiram ||

English translation:

“Your unconnected streams descend like the rian from heaven upon the white outspread (fleece).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । ते॒ । दि॒वः । न । वृ॒ष्टयः॑ । धाराः॑ । य॒न्ति॒ । अ॒स॒श्चतः॑ । अ॒भि । शु॒क्राम् । उ॒प॒ऽस्तिर॑म् ॥
प्र । ते । दिवः । न । वृष्टयः । धाराः । यन्ति । असश्चतः । अभि । शुक्राम् । उपस्तिरम् ॥
pra | te | divaḥ | na | vṛṣṭayaḥ | dhārāḥ | yanti | asaścataḥ | abhi | śukrām | upa-stiram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.62.28 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vṛṣṭayo < vṛṣṭayaḥ < vṛṣṭi

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“rain; shower; rainy season.”

dhārā < dhārāḥ < dhārā

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

yanty < yanti < i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

asaścataḥ < asaścat

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“inexhaustible.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

śukrām < śukra

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”

upastiram < upastir

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

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