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 9.63.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ते धामा॒न्यार्या॑ शु॒क्रा ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या । वाजं॒ गोम॑न्तमक्षरन् ॥
एते धामान्यार्या शुक्रा ऋतस्य धारया । वाजं गोमन्तमक्षरन् ॥
ete dhāmāny āryā śukrā ṛtasya dhārayā | vājaṃ gomantam akṣaran ||

English translation:

“These brilliang Soma-juices (flowing) towards the dwellings of respectable (worshippers), effuse food and cattle in a stream of water.”

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]:

ए॒ते । धामा॑नि । आर्या॑ । शु॒क्राः । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । धार॑या । वाज॑म् । गोऽम॑न्तम् । अ॒क्ष॒र॒न् ॥
एते । धामानि । आर्या । शुक्राः । ऋतस्य । धारया । वाजम् । गोमन्तम् । अक्षरन् ॥
ete | dhāmāni | āryā | śukrāḥ | ṛtasya | dhārayā | vājam | go-mantam | akṣaran

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.14 English analysis of grammar]

ete < etad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

dhāmāny < dhāmāni < dhāman

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“domain; dwelling; law; appearance; light; race; agreement; color; location.”

āryā < ārya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“noble; noble; Indo-European; ārya [word]; honorable; noble.”

śukrā < śukrāḥ < śukra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”

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.”

vājaṃ < vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

gomantam < gomat

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

akṣaran < kṣar

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“run; melt.”

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