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 9.66.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ शु॒क्रासो॑ अ॒र्चयो॑ दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठे वि त॑न्वते । प॒वित्रं॑ सोम॒ धाम॑भिः ॥
तव शुक्रासो अर्चयो दिवस्पृष्ठे वि तन्वते । पवित्रं सोम धामभिः ॥
tava śukrāso arcayo divas pṛṣṭhe vi tanvate | pavitraṃ soma dhāmabhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Soma, the shining rays of you who are accompanied by brilliance, spread the purifying (water) over the surface of heaven.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Pṛṣṭha = the lower part of heaven, i.e., the earth
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śataṃ vaikhānasāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ । शु॒क्रासः॑ । अ॒र्चयः॑ । दि॒वः । पृ॒ष्ठे । वि । त॒न्व॒ते॒ । प॒वित्र॑म् । सो॒म॒ । धाम॑ऽभिः ॥
तव । शुक्रासः । अर्चयः । दिवः । पृष्ठे । वि । तन्वते । पवित्रम् । सोम । धामभिः ॥
tava | śukrāsaḥ | arcayaḥ | divaḥ | pṛṣṭhe | vi | tanvate | pavitram | soma | dhāma-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.66.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“flare.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“domain; dwelling; law; appearance; light; race; agreement; color; location.”