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 9.76.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ध॒र्ता दि॒वः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॒ दक्षो॑ दे॒वाना॑मनु॒माद्यो॒ नृभि॑: । हरि॑: सृजा॒नो अत्यो॒ न सत्व॑भि॒र्वृथा॒ पाजां॑सि कृणुते न॒दीष्वा ॥
धर्ता दिवः पवते कृत्व्यो रसो दक्षो देवानामनुमाद्यो नृभिः । हरिः सृजानो अत्यो न सत्वभिर्वृथा पाजांसि कृणुते नदीष्वा ॥
dhartā divaḥ pavate kṛtvyo raso dakṣo devānām anumādyo nṛbhiḥ | hariḥ sṛjāno atyo na satvabhir vṛthā pājāṃsi kṛṇute nadīṣv ā ||
English translation:
“(Soma) the sustainer (of all) flows from the firmament, the purifiable juice, the invigorator of the gods, worthy tobe praised by the priests; green-tinted like a horse let loose by the charioteers he easily restores his vigour in the waters.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaviḥ [kavi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ध॒र्ता । दि॒वः । प॒व॒ते॒ । कृत्व्यः॑ । रसः॑ । दक्षः॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । अ॒नु॒ऽमाद्यः॑ । नृऽभिः॑ । हरिः॑ । सृ॒जा॒नः । अत्यः॑ । न । सत्व॑ऽभिः । वृथा॑ । पाजां॑सि । कृ॒णु॒ते॒ । न॒दीषु॑ । आ ॥
धर्ता । दिवः । पवते । कृत्व्यः । रसः । दक्षः । देवानाम् । अनुमाद्यः । नृभिः । हरिः । सृजानः । अत्यः । न । सत्वभिः । वृथा । पाजांसि । कृणुते । नदीषु । आ ॥
dhartā | divaḥ | pavate | kṛtvyaḥ | rasaḥ | dakṣaḥ | devānām | anu-mādyaḥ | nṛ-bhiḥ | hariḥ | sṛjānaḥ | atyaḥ | na | satva-bhiḥ | vṛthā | pājāṃsi | kṛṇute | nadīṣu | ā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.76.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“supporter.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“confident.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“praise; cheer; applaud.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“horse; steed.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“vainly; incorrectly; unnecessarily; at will.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“luminosity; look.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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], locative, plural, feminine
“river; nadī; nadī [word]; Premna spinosa Roxb..”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”