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 9.71.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒क्षेव॑ यू॒था प॑रि॒यन्न॑रावी॒दधि॒ त्विषी॑रधित॒ सूर्य॑स्य । दि॒व्यः सु॑प॒र्णोऽव॑ चक्षत॒ क्षां सोम॒: परि॒ क्रतु॑ना पश्यते॒ जाः ॥
उक्षेव यूथा परियन्नरावीदधि त्विषीरधित सूर्यस्य । दिव्यः सुपर्णोऽव चक्षत क्षां सोमः परि क्रतुना पश्यते जाः ॥
ukṣeva yūthā pariyann arāvīd adhi tviṣīr adhita sūryasya | divyaḥ suparṇo 'va cakṣata kṣāṃ somaḥ pari kratunā paśyate jāḥ ||
English translation:
“Like a bull approaching the herbs (Soma) roars (as he approaches the praises); he appropriates the lustre of the sun; celestial, flying gracefully he looks down upon the earth; by his wisdom Soma contemplates mankind.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Flying gracefully: suparṇaḥ = a hawk; supatanaḥ, going gracefully, because it is carried off by gāyatrī in the shape of a hawk
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛṣabho vaiśvāmitraḥ [ṛṣabha vaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒क्षाऽइ॑व । यू॒था । प॒रि॒ऽयन् । अ॒रा॒वी॒त् । अधि॑ । त्विषीः॑ । अ॒धि॒त॒ । सूर्य॑स्य । दि॒व्यः । सु॒ऽप॒र्णः । अव॑ । च॒क्ष॒त॒ । क्षाम् । सोमः॑ । परि॑ । क्रतु॑ना । प॒श्य॒ते॒ । जाः ॥
उक्षाइव । यूथा । परियन् । अरावीत् । अधि । त्विषीः । अधित । सूर्यस्य । दिव्यः । सुपर्णः । अव । चक्षत । क्षाम् । सोमः । परि । क्रतुना । पश्यते । जाः ॥
ukṣā-iva | yūthā | pari-yan | arāvīt | adhi | tviṣīḥ | adhita | sūryasya | divyaḥ | su-parṇaḥ | ava | cakṣata | kṣām | somaḥ | pari | kratunā | paśyate | jāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.71.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; ukṣan [word].”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“herd; troop; battalion.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“circumambulate; wander; revolve; overwhelm.”
[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“bellow; howl.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“divine; celestial; divine; heavenly; divine; beautiful; rain; agreeable.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Garuda; Suparṇa; bird of prey; Suparṇa; suparṇa; Suparṇa; eagle.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“watch; look.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Earth; Earth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“child; jā; being.”