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 9.70.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
रु॒वति॑ भी॒मो वृ॑ष॒भस्त॑वि॒ष्यया॒ शृङ्गे॒ शिशा॑नो॒ हरि॑णी विचक्ष॒णः । आ योनिं॒ सोम॒: सुकृ॑तं॒ नि षी॑दति ग॒व्ययी॒ त्वग्भ॑वति नि॒र्णिग॒व्ययी॑ ॥
रुवति भीमो वृषभस्तविष्यया शृङ्गे शिशानो हरिणी विचक्षणः । आ योनिं सोमः सुकृतं नि षीदति गव्ययी त्वग्भवति निर्णिगव्ययी ॥
ruvati bhīmo vṛṣabhas taviṣyayā śṛṅge śiśāno hariṇī vicakṣaṇaḥ | ā yoniṃ somaḥ sukṛtaṃ ni ṣīdati gavyayī tvag bhavati nirṇig avyayī ||
English translation:
“The formidable showerer, the contemplator of all through desire for strength roars, sharpening his green-tinted horns; the Soma settles on his well-prepared station; the cowhide is his cleanser and the sheep-skin (too).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
His green-tinted horns: i.e., the streams of the Soma juice
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): renurvaiśvāmitraḥ [renurvaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
रु॒वति॑ । भी॒मः । वृ॒ष॒भः । त॒वि॒ष्यया॑ । शृङ्गे॒ इति॑ । शिशा॑नः । हरि॑णी॒ इति॑ । वि॒ऽच॒क्ष॒णः । आ । योनि॑म् । सोमः॑ । सुऽकृ॑तम् । नि । सी॒द॒ति॒ । ग॒व्ययी॑ । त्वक् । भ॒व॒ति॒ । निः॒ऽनिक् । अ॒व्ययी॑ ॥
रुवति । भीमः । वृषभः । तविष्यया । शृङ्गे इति । शिशानः । हरिणी इति । विचक्षणः । आ । योनिम् । सोमः । सुकृतम् । नि । सीदति । गव्ययी । त्वक् । भवति । निःनिक् । अव्ययी ॥
ruvati | bhīmaḥ | vṛṣabhaḥ | taviṣyayā | śṛṅgeiti | śiśānaḥ | hariṇī iti | vi-cakṣaṇaḥ | ā | yonim | somaḥ | su-kṛtam | ni | sīdati | gavyayī | tvak | bhavati | niḥ-nik | avyayī
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.70.7 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bellow; howl.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“awful; amazing; terrific; enormous; bhīma [word]; fearful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“peak; horn; tusk; śṛṅga [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“gold; aureate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“expert; wise; discerning; clear-sighted; conversant(p); bright.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“bovine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“skin; bark; peel; hide; complexion; hide; Rasa; rind.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“attire; garment.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“sheep.”