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 9.66.22

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मानो॒ अति॒ स्रिधो॒ऽभ्य॑र्षति सुष्टु॒तिम् । सूरो॒ न वि॒श्वद॑र्शतः ॥
पवमानो अति स्रिधोऽभ्यर्षति सुष्टुतिम् । सूरो न विश्वदर्शतः ॥
pavamāno ati sridho 'bhy arṣati suṣṭutim | sūro na viśvadarśataḥ ||

English translation:

“The purified (Soma) hastens past the adversaries towards the fair praise of the worshippers, visible to all like the sun.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑मानः । अति॑ । स्रिधः॑ । अ॒भि । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ । सु॒ऽस्तु॒तिम् । सूरः॑ । न । वि॒श्वऽद॑र्शतः ॥
पवमानः । अति । स्रिधः । अभि । अर्षति । सुस्तुतिम् । सूरः । न । विश्वदर्शतः ॥
pavamānaḥ | ati | sridhaḥ | abhi | arṣati | su-stutim | sūraḥ | na | viśva-darśataḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.66.22 English analysis of grammar]

pavamāno < pavamānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

sridho < sridhaḥ < sridh

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“failure; damage.”

'bhy < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

arṣati < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

suṣṭutim < suṣṭuti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“hymn; praise.”

sūro < sūraḥ < sūra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sun.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

viśvadarśataḥ < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvadarśataḥ < darśataḥ < darśata

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beautiful; visible; beautiful.”

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