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 9.63.23

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मान॒ नि तो॑शसे र॒यिं सो॑म श्र॒वाय्य॑म् । प्रि॒यः स॑मु॒द्रमा वि॑श ॥
पवमान नि तोशसे रयिं सोम श्रवाय्यम् । प्रियः समुद्रमा विश ॥
pavamāna ni tośase rayiṃ soma śravāyyam | priyaḥ samudram ā viśa ||

English translation:

“Purified Soma, you squeeze forth the celebrated riches (of the enemy); do you who are beloved enter the ocean.”

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]:

पव॑मान । नि । तो॑शसे । र॒यिम् । सो॒म॒ । श्र॒वाय्य॑म् । प्रि॒यः । स॒मु॒द्रम् । आ । वि॒श॒ ॥
पवमान । नि । तोशसे । रयिम् । सोम । श्रवाय्यम् । प्रियः । समुद्रम् । आ । विश ॥
pavamāna | ni | tośase | rayim | soma | śravāyyam | priyaḥ | samudram | ā | viśa

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.23 English analysis of grammar]

pavamāna <

[verb noun], vocative, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

tośase < tuś

[verb], singular, Present indikative

rayiṃ < rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

śravāyyam < śravāyya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“celebrated.”

priyaḥ < priya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

samudram < samudra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

ā

[adverb]

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

viśa < viś

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“enter; penetrate; settle; settle.”

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