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 9.63.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तमी॑ मृजन्त्या॒यवो॒ हरिं॑ न॒दीषु॑ वा॒जिन॑म् । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥
तमी मृजन्त्यायवो हरिं नदीषु वाजिनम् । इन्दुमिन्द्राय मत्सरम् ॥
tam ī mṛjanty āyavo hariṃ nadīṣu vājinam | indum indrāya matsaram ||

English translation:

“The priests cleanse in the (vasatīvarī) waters the green-tinted powerful exhilarating Indu for Indra.”

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]:

तम् । ई॒म् इति॑ । मृ॒ज॒न्ति॒ । आ॒यवः॑ । हरि॑म् । न॒दीषु॑ । वा॒जिन॑म् । इन्दु॑म् । इन्द्रा॑य । म॒त्स॒रम् ॥
तम् । ईम् इति । मृजन्ति । आयवः । हरिम् । नदीषु । वाजिनम् । इन्दुम् । इन्द्राय । मत्सरम् ॥
tam | īm iti | mṛjanti | āyavaḥ | harim | nadīṣu | vājinam | indum | indrāya | matsaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.17 English analysis of grammar]

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

ī

[adverb]

“īkāra.”

mṛjanty < mṛjanti < mṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

āyavo < āyavaḥ < āyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

hariṃ < harim < hari

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”

nadīṣu < nadī

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“river; nadī; nadī [word]; Premna spinosa Roxb..”

vājinam < vājin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”

indum < indu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

matsaram < matsara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“intoxicant; invigorating; hostile.”

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