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 9.64.28

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दवि॑द्युतत्या रु॒चा प॑रि॒ष्टोभ॑न्त्या कृ॒पा । सोमा॑: शु॒क्रा गवा॑शिरः ॥
दविद्युतत्या रुचा परिष्टोभन्त्या कृपा । सोमाः शुक्रा गवाशिरः ॥
davidyutatyā rucā pariṣṭobhantyā kṛpā | somāḥ śukrā gavāśiraḥ ||

English translation:

“The bright Soma-juices with their shining radiance and resounding stream are mixed with the milk and the curds.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दवि॑द्युतत्या । रु॒चा । प॒रि॒ऽस्तोभ॑न्त्या । कृ॒पा । सोमाः॑ । शु॒क्राः । गोऽआ॑शिरः ॥
दविद्युतत्या । रुचा । परिस्तोभन्त्या । कृपा । सोमाः । शुक्राः । गोआशिरः ॥
davidyutatyā | rucā | pari-stobhantyā | kṛpā | somāḥ | śukrāḥ | go-āśiraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.64.28 English analysis of grammar]

davidyutatyā < davidyut < √dyut

[verb noun], instrumental, singular

“flash.”

rucā < ruc

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“beam; radiance; color.”

pariṣṭobhantyā < pariṣṭubh < √stubh

[verb noun], instrumental, singular

kṛpā < kṛp

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“kṛp.”

somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

śukrā < śukrāḥ < śukra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”

gavāśiraḥ < gavāśir

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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