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 9.63.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ता अनु॒ स्वमा रजो॒ऽभ्य॑र्षन्ति ब॒भ्रव॑: । इन्द्रं॒ गच्छ॑न्त॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
सुता अनु स्वमा रजोऽभ्यर्षन्ति बभ्रवः । इन्द्रं गच्छन्त इन्दवः ॥
sutā anu svam ā rajo 'bhy arṣanti babhravaḥ | indraṃ gacchanta indavaḥ ||

English translation:

“The effused tawny-coloured Soma-juices going to Indra have to their own plural ce.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ताः । अनु॑ । स्वम् । आ । रजः॑ । अ॒भि । अ॒र्ष॒न्ति॒ । ब॒भ्रवः॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । गच्छ॑न्तः । इन्द॑वः ॥
सुताः । अनु । स्वम् । आ । रजः । अभि । अर्षन्ति । बभ्रवः । इन्द्रम् । गच्छन्तः । इन्दवः ॥
sutāḥ | anu | svam | ā | rajaḥ | abhi | arṣanti | babhravaḥ | indram | gacchantaḥ | indavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.6 English analysis of grammar]

sutā < sutāḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

svam < sva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

rajo < rajaḥ < rajas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”

'bhy < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

arṣanti < ṛṣ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“run.”

babhravaḥ < babhru

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“tawny; brown.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

gacchanta < gacchantaḥ < gam

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

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