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 9.66.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स म॑र्मृजा॒न आ॒युभि॒: प्रय॑स्वा॒न्प्रय॑से हि॒तः । इन्दु॒रत्यो॑ विचक्ष॒णः ॥
स मर्मृजान आयुभिः प्रयस्वान्प्रयसे हितः । इन्दुरत्यो विचक्षणः ॥
sa marmṛjāna āyubhiḥ prayasvān prayase hitaḥ | indur atyo vicakṣaṇaḥ ||
English translation:
“Repeatedly purified by the priests, Indu, abounding with food, plural ced for food, the beholder of all continually goes (to the gods).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Continually goes to the gods: atyaḥ = devān santatam gantā bhavati
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śataṃ vaikhānasāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । म॒र्मृ॒जा॒नः । आ॒युऽभिः॑ । प्रय॑स्वान् । प्रय॑से । हि॒तः । इन्दुः॑ । अत्यः॑ । वि॒ऽच॒क्ष॒णः ॥
सः । मर्मृजानः । आयुभिः । प्रयस्वान् । प्रयसे । हितः । इन्दुः । अत्यः । विचक्षणः ॥
saḥ | marmṛjānaḥ | āyu-bhiḥ | prayasvān | prayase | hitaḥ | induḥ | atyaḥ | vi-cakṣaṇaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.66.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“groom; wash; rub.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“offering.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“food; dainty; enjoyment.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; steed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“expert; wise; discerning; clear-sighted; conversant(p); bright.”