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 9.67.30
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒लाय्य॑स्य पर॒शुर्न॑नाश॒ तमा प॑वस्व देव सोम । आ॒खुं चि॑दे॒व दे॑व सोम ॥
अलाय्यस्य परशुर्ननाश तमा पवस्व देव सोम । आखुं चिदेव देव सोम ॥
alāyyasya paraśur nanāśa tam ā pavasva deva soma | ākhuṃ cid eva deva soma ||
English translation:
“May the battle-axe of the foe destroy the foe; alone flow tous, bright Soma; (slay) the villain only, bright Soma.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The battle-axe: paraśuḥ = chedakaḥ pavamānaḥ, as if Soma were metaphorically called a battle-axe and implored to turn his edge against foes only (tam eva śatrum nāśayatu)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pavitro vasiṣṭho vobhauḥ vā [pavitra vasiṣṭha vobhauḥ vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): purauṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒लाय्य॑स्य । प॒र॒शुः । न॒ना॒श॒ । तम् । आ । प॒व॒स्व॒ । दे॒व॒ । सो॒म॒ । आ॒खुम् । चि॒त् । ए॒व । दे॒व॒ । सो॒म॒ ॥
अलाय्यस्य । परशुः । ननाश । तम् । आ । पवस्व । देव । सोम । आखुम् । चित् । एव । देव । सोम ॥
alāyyasya | paraśuḥ | nanāśa | tam | ā | pavasva | deva | soma | ākhum | cit | eva | deva | soma
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.67.30 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ax.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“disappear; vanish; gasify; fail; perish; lose; bhasmībhū.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mouse; rat.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”