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 9.66.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मृ॒जन्ति॑ त्वा॒ सम॒ग्रुवोऽव्ये॑ जी॒रावधि॒ ष्वणि॑ । रे॒भो यद॒ज्यसे॒ वने॑ ॥
मृजन्ति त्वा समग्रुवोऽव्ये जीरावधि ष्वणि । रेभो यदज्यसे वने ॥
mṛjanti tvā sam agruvo 'vye jīrāv adhi ṣvaṇi | rebho yad ajyase vane ||

English translation:

“The fingers cleanse you in the quickly made loud-sounding (woollen) filter, when with a noise you are sprinkled with the water.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

In the quickly-made filter: Or, in the filter which overcomes guilt

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śataṃ vaikhānasāḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मृ॒जन्ति॑ । त्वा॒ । सम् । अ॒ग्रुवः॑ । अव्ये॑ । जी॒रौ । अधि॑ । स्वनि॑ । रे॒भः । यत् । अ॒ज्यसे॑ । वने॑ ॥
मृजन्ति । त्वा । सम् । अग्रुवः । अव्ये । जीरौ । अधि । स्वनि । रेभः । यत् । अज्यसे । वने ॥
mṛjanti | tvā | sam | agruvaḥ | avye | jīrau | adhi | svani | rebhaḥ | yat | ajyase | vane

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.66.9 English analysis of grammar]

mṛjanti < mṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

agruvo < agruvaḥ < agrū

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“unmarried woman; spinster; virgin.”

'vye < avye < avya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

jīrāv < jīrau < jīri

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“river.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

ṣvaṇi < svani < svan

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

rebho < rebhaḥ < rebha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bard; eulogist.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

ajyase < añj

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“smear; anoint; mix; color.”

vane < vana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”

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