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 9.74.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒द्भिः सो॑म पपृचा॒नस्य॑ ते॒ रसोऽव्यो॒ वारं॒ वि प॑वमान धावति । स मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः क॒विभि॑र्मदिन्तम॒ स्वद॒स्वेन्द्रा॑य पवमान पी॒तये॑ ॥
अद्भिः सोम पपृचानस्य ते रसोऽव्यो वारं वि पवमान धावति । स मृज्यमानः कविभिर्मदिन्तम स्वदस्वेन्द्राय पवमान पीतये ॥
adbhiḥ soma papṛcānasya te raso 'vyo vāraṃ vi pavamāna dhāvati | sa mṛjyamānaḥ kavibhir madintama svadasvendrāya pavamāna pītaye ||

English translation:

“Purified Soma, when you are diluted with the water your juice passes through the woollen fleece; cleansed by the sages, O exhilarating purified (Soma), be sweet-flavoured for Indra to drink.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒त्ऽभिः । सो॒म॒ । प॒पृ॒चा॒नस्य॑ । ते॒ । रसः॑ । अव्यः॑ । वार॑म् । वि । प॒व॒मा॒न॒ । धा॒व॒ति॒ । सः । मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः । क॒विऽभिः॑ । म॒दि॒न्ऽत॒म॒ । स्वद॑स्व । इन्द्रा॑य । प॒व॒मा॒न॒ । पी॒तये॑ ॥
अत्भिः । सोम । पपृचानस्य । ते । रसः । अव्यः । वारम् । वि । पवमान । धावति । सः । मृज्यमानः । कविभिः । मदिन्तम । स्वदस्व । इन्द्राय । पवमान । पीतये ॥
at-bhiḥ | soma | papṛcānasya | te | rasaḥ | avyaḥ | vāram | vi | pavamāna | dhāvati | saḥ | mṛjyamānaḥ | kavi-bhiḥ | madin-tama | svadasva | indrāya | pavamāna | pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.74.9 English analysis of grammar]

adbhiḥ < ap

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

papṛcānasya < pṛc

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“mix; unite.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

raso < rasaḥ < rasa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mercury; juice; medicine; rasa; alchemy; liquid; Rasa; mahārasa; taste; broth; elixir; resin; rasa; essence; six; water; soup; liquid body substance; rasa; formulation; myrrh; rasa [word]; amṛta; purpose; delight; solution; milk; beverage; alcohol; sap; nectar; Rasātala.”

'vyo < avyaḥ < avya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vāraṃ < vāram < vāra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“strainer.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

pavamāna <

[verb noun], vocative, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

dhāvati < dhāv

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run; run; wash.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

mṛjyamānaḥ < mṛj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

kavibhir < kavibhiḥ < kavi

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

madintama

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“exhilarating; intoxicant.”

svadasvendrāya < svadasva < svad

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sweeten.”

svadasvendrāya < indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

pavamāna <

[verb noun], vocative, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

pītaye <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

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