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 9.63.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ते अ॑सृग्रमा॒शवोऽति॒ ह्वरां॑सि ब॒भ्रव॑: । सोमा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ॥
एते असृग्रमाशवोऽति ह्वरांसि बभ्रवः । सोमा ऋतस्य धारया ॥
ete asṛgram āśavo 'ti hvarāṃsi babhravaḥ | somā ṛtasya dhārayā ||

English translation:

“These swift-flowing tawny-coloured Soma juices, with a stream of water are let loose upon the rākṣasas.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ते । अ॒सृ॒ग्र॒म् । आ॒शवः॑ । अति॑ । ह्वरां॑सि । ब॒भ्रवः॑ । सोमाः॑ । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । धार॑या ॥
एते । असृग्रम् । आशवः । अति । ह्वरांसि । बभ्रवः । सोमाः । ऋतस्य । धारया ॥
ete | asṛgram | āśavaḥ | ati | hvarāṃsi | babhravaḥ | somāḥ | ṛtasya | dhārayā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.4 English analysis of grammar]

ete < etad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

asṛgram < sṛj

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”

āśavo < āśavaḥ < āśu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”

'ti < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

hvarāṃsi < hvaras

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“intrigue.”

babhravaḥ < babhru

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“tawny; brown.”

somā < somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

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

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