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 9.63.24

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒प॒घ्नन्प॑वसे॒ मृध॑: क्रतु॒वित्सो॑म मत्स॒रः । नु॒दस्वादे॑वयुं॒ जन॑म् ॥
अपघ्नन्पवसे मृधः क्रतुवित्सोम मत्सरः । नुदस्वादेवयुं जनम् ॥
apaghnan pavase mṛdhaḥ kratuvit soma matsaraḥ | nudasvādevayuṃ janam ||

English translation:

Soma, you who are exhilarating flow defeating the enemies, bestowing knowledge (on us); drive off the people who love not 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]:

अ॒प॒ऽघ्नन् । पा॒व॒से॒ । मृधः॑ । क्र॒तु॒ऽवित् । सो॒म॒ । म॒त्स॒रः । नु॒दस्व॑ । अदे॑वऽयुम् । जन॑म् ॥
अपघ्नन् । पावसे । मृधः । क्रतुवित् । सोम । मत्सरः । नुदस्व । अदेवयुम् । जनम् ॥
apa-ghnan | pāvase | mṛdhaḥ | kratu-vit | soma | matsaraḥ | nudasva | adeva-yum | janam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.24 English analysis of grammar]

apaghnan < apahan < √han

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“remove; cure; ward off; repel.”

pavase <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

mṛdhaḥ < mṛdh

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“enemy; adversary.”

kratuvit < kratu

[noun], masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

kratuvit < vid

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“conversant(p); aware(p); enlightened; understanding.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

matsaraḥ < matsara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“intoxicant; invigorating; hostile.”

nudasvādevayuṃ < nudasva < nud

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“push; propel; expel; push; move.”

nudasvādevayuṃ < adevayum < adevayu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

janam < jana

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

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