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 9.63.27

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑माना दि॒वस्पर्य॒न्तरि॑क्षादसृक्षत । पृ॒थि॒व्या अधि॒ सान॑वि ॥
पवमाना दिवस्पर्यन्तरिक्षादसृक्षत । पृथिव्या अधि सानवि ॥
pavamānā divas pary antarikṣād asṛkṣata | pṛthivyā adhi sānavi ||

English translation:

“The purified (juices) are poured forth from heaven and from the firmament upon the summit of the ground.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The summit of the ground: i.e., the raised plural ce, the plural ce of divine sacrifice

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]:

पव॑मानाः । दि॒वः । परि॑ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षात् । अ॒सृ॒क्ष॒त॒ । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । अधि॑ । सान॑वि ॥
पवमानाः । दिवः । परि । अन्तरिक्षात् । असृक्षत । पृथिव्याः । अधि । सानवि ॥
pavamānāḥ | divaḥ | pari | antarikṣāt | asṛkṣata | pṛthivyāḥ | adhi | sānavi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.27 English analysis of grammar]

pavamānā < pavamānāḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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

divas < divaḥ < div

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

pary < pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

antarikṣād < antarikṣāt < antarikṣa

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“sky; atmosphere; air; abhra.”

asṛkṣata < sṛj

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

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

pṛthivyā < pṛthivyāḥ < pṛthivī

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

sānavi < sānu

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“tableland; ridge; peak; back; ridge; guru.”

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