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 9.63.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र सो॑म॒ मधु॑मत्तमो रा॒ये अ॑र्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ । मदो॒ यो दे॑व॒वीत॑मः ॥
प्र सोम मधुमत्तमो राये अर्ष पवित्र आ । मदो यो देववीतमः ॥
pra soma madhumattamo rāye arṣa pavitra ā | mado yo devavītamaḥ ||
English translation:
“Soma, pour into the filter to bring us wealth (your juice), which is most sweet-flavoured, exhilarating and most desired by the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nidhruviḥ kāśyapaḥ [nidhruvi kāśyapa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । सो॒म॒ । मधु॑मत्ऽतमः । रा॒ये । अ॒र्ष॒ । प॒वित्रे॑ । आ । मदः॑ । यः । दे॒व॒ऽवीत॑मः ॥
प्र । सोम । मधुमत्तमः । राये । अर्ष । पवित्रे । आ । मदः । यः । देववीतमः ॥
pra | soma | madhumat-tamaḥ | rāye | arṣa | pavitre | ā | madaḥ | yaḥ | deva-vītamaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.63.16 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sweetest.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“run.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine