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 9.74.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध॑ श्वे॒तं क॒लशं॒ गोभि॑र॒क्तं कार्ष्म॒न्ना वा॒ज्य॑क्रमीत्सस॒वान् । आ हि॑न्विरे॒ मन॑सा देव॒यन्त॑: क॒क्षीव॑ते श॒तहि॑माय॒ गोना॑म् ॥
अध श्वेतं कलशं गोभिरक्तं कार्ष्मन्ना वाज्यक्रमीत्ससवान् । आ हिन्विरे मनसा देवयन्तः कक्षीवते शतहिमाय गोनाम् ॥
adha śvetaṃ kalaśaṃ gobhir aktaṃ kārṣmann ā vājy akramīt sasavān | ā hinvire manasā devayantaḥ kakṣīvate śatahimāya gonām ||
English translation:
“Thus the Soma successfully reaches the white water besprinkled pitcher like a horse (reaching) the goal; the devout (priests) stimulate him with their praise; (he bestows) cattle upon Kakṣīvat who has seen a hundred winters.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Successfully reaches: sasavān = saṃbhajan, enjoying, possessing; who has seen a hundred winters: śatahimāya = bahugamanāya, i.e. one who attains many things; elsewhere, śatahimāya = aparimita-kālā, lasting for an endless time
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध॑ । श्वे॒तम् । क॒लश॑म् । गोभिः॑ । अ॒क्तम् । कार्ष्म॑न् । आ । वा॒जी । अ॒क्र॒मी॒त् । स॒स॒ऽवान् । आ । हि॒न्वि॒रे॒ । मन॑सा । दे॒व॒ऽयन्तः॑ । क॒क्षीव॑ते । श॒तऽहि॑माय । गोना॑म् ॥
अध । श्वेतम् । कलशम् । गोभिः । अक्तम् । कार्ष्मन् । आ । वाजी । अक्रमीत् । ससवान् । आ । हिन्विरे । मनसा । देवयन्तः । कक्षीवते । शतहिमाय । गोनाम् ॥
adha | śvetam | kalaśam | gobhiḥ | aktam | kārṣman | ā | vājī | akramīt | sasa-vān | ā | hinvire | manasā | deva-yantaḥ | kakṣīvate | śata-himāya | gonām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.74.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“white; bright; śveta [word]; bright.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“jar.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“smear; anoint; mix; color.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“kram; step; go; continue; proceed; traverse; heat.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“win; get; gain.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“solicit.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Kakṣīvant; kakṣīvant [word].”
[noun], neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“snow; frost; hima [word]; winter; tin; silver; pearl; sauvīrāñjana; year; ague; Himalayas; coldness.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”