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 9.64.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒र्मृ॒जा॒नास॑ आ॒यवो॒ वृथा॑ समु॒द्रमिन्द॑वः । अग्म॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥
मर्मृजानास आयवो वृथा समुद्रमिन्दवः । अग्मन्नृतस्य योनिमा ॥
marmṛjānāsa āyavo vṛthā samudram indavaḥ | agmann ṛtasya yonim ā ||
English translation:
“The swift Soma-juices being cleansed (go to) the firmament without an effort; they go to the abode of the water.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaśyapaḥ [kaśyapa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒र्मृ॒जा॒नासः॑ । आ॒यवः॑ । वृथा॑ । स॒मु॒द्रम् । इन्द॑वः । अग्म॑न् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योनि॑म् । आ ॥
मर्मृजानासः । आयवः । वृथा । समुद्रम् । इन्दवः । अग्मन् । ऋतस्य । योनिम् । आ ॥
marmṛjānāsaḥ | āyavaḥ | vṛthā | samudram | indavaḥ | agman | ṛtasya | yonim | ā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.64.17 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“groom; wash; rub.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“vainly; incorrectly; unnecessarily; at will.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”