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 9.67.18

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते सु॒तासो॑ म॒दिन्त॑माः शु॒क्रा वा॒युम॑सृक्षत ॥
ते सुतासो मदिन्तमाः शुक्रा वायुमसृक्षत ॥
te sutāso madintamāḥ śukrā vāyum asṛkṣata ||

English translation:

“These effused (Soma-juices), brilliant and extremely exhilarating, are let forth for Vāyu.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Or, utter a sound;

Vāyum = śabdam

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): jamadagniḥ [jamadagni];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते । सु॒तासः॑ । म॒दिन्ऽत॑माः । शु॒क्राः । वा॒युम् । अ॒सृ॒क्ष॒त॒ ॥
ते । सुतासः । मदिन्तमाः । शुक्राः । वायुम् । असृक्षत ॥
te | sutāsaḥ | madin-tamāḥ | śukrāḥ | vāyum | asṛkṣata

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.67.18 English analysis of grammar]

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

sutāso < sutāsaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

madintamāḥ < madintama

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“exhilarating; intoxicant.”

śukrā < śukrāḥ < śukra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”

vāyum < vāyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

asṛkṣata < sṛj

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”

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