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 9.67.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वा॒चो ज॒न्तुः क॑वी॒नां पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या । दे॒वेषु॑ रत्न॒धा अ॑सि ॥
वाचो जन्तुः कवीनां पवस्व सोम धारया । देवेषु रत्नधा असि ॥
vāco jantuḥ kavīnām pavasva soma dhārayā | deveṣu ratnadhā asi ||

English translation:

Soma, genitive rator of the praises of the wise, flow in a stream; you are the dispenser of treasure among the gods.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Genitive rator of the praises of the wise: Or, in the midst of the wise, it is you who does genitive rate speech

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvāmitraḥ [viśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वा॒चः । ज॒न्तुः । क॒वी॒नाम् । पव॑स्व । सो॒म॒ । धार॑या । दे॒वेषु॑ । र॒त्न॒ऽधाः । अ॒सि॒ ॥
वाचः । जन्तुः । कवीनाम् । पवस्व । सोम । धारया । देवेषु । रत्नधाः । असि ॥
vācaḥ | jantuḥ | kavīnām | pavasva | soma | dhārayā | deveṣu | ratna-dhāḥ | asi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.67.13 English analysis of grammar]

vāco < vācaḥ < vāc

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

jantuḥ < jantu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“man; worm; being; child; Jantu; offspring; insect; vermin; animal.”

kavīnām < kavi

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

dhārayā < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

deveṣu < deva

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

ratnadhā < ratna

[noun], neuter

“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”

ratnadhā < dhāḥ < dhā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“giving.”

asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

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