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 9.63.20

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

क॒विं मृ॑जन्ति॒ मर्ज्यं॑ धी॒भिर्विप्रा॑ अव॒स्यव॑: । वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदर्षति ॥
कविं मृजन्ति मर्ज्यं धीभिर्विप्रा अवस्यवः । वृषा कनिक्रदर्षति ॥
kavim mṛjanti marjyaṃ dhībhir viprā avasyavaḥ | vṛṣā kanikrad arṣati ||

English translation:

“The (worshippers) desiring protection, cleanse with their fingers the purifiable (Soma) the sage; with a noise the sprinkler (of benefits) flows forth.”

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]:

क॒विम् । मृ॒ज॒न्ति॒ । मर्ज्य॑म् । धी॒भिः । विप्राः॑ । अ॒व॒स्यवः॑ । वृषा॑ । कनि॑क्रत् । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ ॥
कविम् । मृजन्ति । मर्ज्यम् । धीभिः । विप्राः । अवस्यवः । वृषा । कनिक्रत् । अर्षति ॥
kavim | mṛjanti | marjyam | dhībhiḥ | viprāḥ | avasyavaḥ | vṛṣā | kanikrat | aṣarti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.20 English analysis of grammar]

kavim < kavi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

mṛjanti < mṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

marjyaṃ < marjyam < mṛj

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

dhībhir < dhībhiḥ < dhī

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

viprā < viprāḥ < vipra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”

avasyavaḥ < avasyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“seeking protection; helpless.”

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

kanikrad < kanikrat < kanikrad < √krand

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“roar; neigh.”

arṣati < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

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