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 9.63.26

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मानास आ॒शव॑: शु॒भ्रा अ॑सृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः । घ्नन्तो॒ विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विष॑: ॥
पवमानास आशवः शुभ्रा असृग्रमिन्दवः । घ्नन्तो विश्वा अप द्विषः ॥
pavamānāsa āśavaḥ śubhrā asṛgram indavaḥ | ghnanto viśvā apa dviṣaḥ ||

English translation:

“The purified Soma-juices flow swift and bright destroying all enemies.”

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]:

पव॑मानासः । आ॒शवः॑ । शु॒भ्राः । अ॒सृ॒ग्र॒म् । इन्द॑वः । घ्नन्तः॑ । विश्वाः॑ । अप॑ । द्विषः॑ ॥
पवमानासः । आशवः । शुभ्राः । असृग्रम् । इन्दवः । घ्नन्तः । विश्वाः । अप । द्विषः ॥
pavamānāsaḥ | āśavaḥ | śubhrāḥ | asṛgram | indavaḥ | ghnantaḥ | viśvāḥ | apa | dviṣaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.26 English analysis of grammar]

pavamānāsa < pavamānāsaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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

āśavaḥ < āśu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”

śubhrā < śubhrāḥ < śubhra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“white; beautiful; attractive; śubhra [word]; light.”

asṛgram < sṛj

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”

indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

ghnanto < ghnantaḥ < han

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”

viśvā < viśvāḥ < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

apa

[adverb]

“away.”

dviṣaḥ < dviṣ

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“hate; dviṣ; hostility; hostility.”

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