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 9.71.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श्ये॒नो न योनिं॒ सद॑नं धि॒या कृ॒तं हि॑र॒ण्यय॑मा॒सदं॑ दे॒व एष॑ति । ए रि॑णन्ति ब॒र्हिषि॑ प्रि॒यं गि॒राश्वो॒ न दे॒वाँ अप्ये॑ति य॒ज्ञिय॑: ॥
श्येनो न योनिं सदनं धिया कृतं हिरण्ययमासदं देव एषति । ए रिणन्ति बर्हिषि प्रियं गिराश्वो न देवाँ अप्येति यज्ञियः ॥
śyeno na yoniṃ sadanaṃ dhiyā kṛtaṃ hiraṇyayam āsadaṃ deva eṣati | e riṇanti barhiṣi priyaṃ girāśvo na devām̐ apy eti yajñiyaḥ ||
English translation:
“The shining (Soma) approaches the golden seat the station constructed by his holy rites, as a falcon (approaches) his nest; (the worshippers) send the well-beloved by their praise to the sacred grass; the adorable Soma proceeds to the gods like a horse.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛṣabho vaiśvāmitraḥ [ṛṣabha vaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
श्ये॒नः । न । योनि॑म् । सद॑नम् । धि॒या । कृ॒तम् । हि॒र॒ण्यय॑म् । आ॒ऽसद॑म् । दे॒वः । एष॑ति । आ । ई॒म् इति॑ । रि॒ण॒न्ति॒ । ब॒र्हिषि॑ । प्रि॒यम् । गि॒रा । अश्वः॑ । न । दे॒वान् । अपि॑ । ए॒ति॒ । य॒ज्ञियः॑ ॥
श्येनः । न । योनिम् । सदनम् । धिया । कृतम् । हिरण्ययम् । आसदम् । देवः । एषति । आ । ईम् इति । रिणन्ति । बर्हिषि । प्रियम् । गिरा । अश्वः । न । देवान् । अपि । एति । यज्ञियः ॥
śyenaḥ | na | yonim | sadanam | dhiyā | kṛtam | hiraṇyayam | āsadam | devaḥ | ā | īṣati | ā | īm iti | riṇanti | barhiṣi | priyam | girā | aśvaḥ | na | devān | api | eti | yajñiyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.71.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hawk; bird of prey; falcon; Śyena; eagle; śyena [word]; Śyena.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”
[verb noun]
“approach; attack; sit down; approach; find; arrive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[?]
“_”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“free; liberate; run; let go of.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”