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 9.64.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्दु॑: पविष्ट॒ चेत॑नः प्रि॒यः क॑वी॒नां म॒ती । सृ॒जदश्वं॑ र॒थीरि॑व ॥
इन्दुः पविष्ट चेतनः प्रियः कवीनां मती । सृजदश्वं रथीरिव ॥
induḥ paviṣṭa cetanaḥ priyaḥ kavīnām matī | sṛjad aśvaṃ rathīr iva ||

English translation:

Indu the enlightener, beloved (of the gods), flows forth at the praise of the sages; he lets loose (his wave) as a charioteer his horse.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaśyapaḥ [kaśyapa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्दुः॑ । प॒वि॒ष्ट॒ । चेत॑नः । प्रि॒यः । क॒वी॒नाम् । म॒ती । सृ॒जत् । अश्व॑म् । र॒थीःऽइ॑व ॥
इन्दुः । पविष्ट । चेतनः । प्रियः । कवीनाम् । मती । सृजत् । अश्वम् । रथीःइव ॥
induḥ | paviṣṭa | cetanaḥ | priyaḥ | kavīnām | matī | sṛjat | aśvam | rathīḥ-iva

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.64.10 English analysis of grammar]

induḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

paviṣṭa <

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

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

cetanaḥ < cetana

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“noteworthy; remarkable; memorable; conspicuous; conscious; sentient.”

priyaḥ < priya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

kavīnām < kavi

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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

matī < mati

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”

sṛjad < sṛjat < sṛj

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

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

aśvaṃ < aśvam < aśva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

rathīr < rathīḥ < rathī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

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