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 9.77.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ष प्र कोशे॒ मधु॑माँ अचिक्रद॒दिन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॒ वपु॑षो॒ वपु॑ष्टरः । अ॒भीमृ॒तस्य॑ सु॒दुघा॑ घृत॒श्चुतो॑ वा॒श्रा अ॑र्षन्ति॒ पय॑सेव धे॒नव॑: ॥
एष प्र कोशे मधुमाँ अचिक्रददिन्द्रस्य वज्रो वपुषो वपुष्टरः । अभीमृतस्य सुदुघा घृतश्चुतो वाश्रा अर्षन्ति पयसेव धेनवः ॥
eṣa pra kośe madhumām̐ acikradad indrasya vajro vapuṣo vapuṣṭaraḥ | abhīm ṛtasya sudughā ghṛtaścuto vāśrā arṣanti payaseva dhenavaḥ ||
English translation:
“The sweet-flavoured beverage sounds in the pitcher, the thunderbolt of Indra, more beautiful than the beautiful; (the stream) of this veracious (Soma) approach yielding much milk, dropping water, lowing like kine (laden) with milk.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
More beautiful: vapuṣo vapuṣṭaraḥ = sowing seed more than any other sower of seed
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaviḥ [kavi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षः । प्र । कोशे॑ । मधु॑ऽमान् । अ॒चि॒क्र॒द॒त् । इन्द्र॑स्य । वज्रः॑ । वपु॑षः । वपुः॑ऽतरः । अ॒भि । ई॒म् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । सु॒ऽदुघाः॑ । घृ॒त॒ऽश्चुतः॑ । वा॒श्राः । अ॒र्ष॒न्ति॒ । पय॑साऽइव । धे॒नवः॑ ॥
एषः । प्र । कोशे । मधुमान् । अचिक्रदत् । इन्द्रस्य । वज्रः । वपुषः । वपुःतरः । अभि । ईम् । ऋतस्य । सुदुघाः । घृतश्चुतः । वाश्राः । अर्षन्ति । पयसाइव । धेनवः ॥
eṣaḥ | pra | kośe | madhu-mān | acikradat | indrasya | vajraḥ | vapuṣaḥ | vapuḥ-taraḥ | abhi | īm | ṛtasya | su-dughāḥ | ghṛta-ścutaḥ | vāśrāḥ | arṣanti | payasā-iva | dhenavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.77.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“treasury; sheath; Kośa; scrotum; bud; vessel; kośa [word]; treasure; calyx; container; bucket; box.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”
[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)
“roar; neigh; cry; howl; shout.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“body; form; miracle; human body; beauty; look; spectacle; figure; embodiment.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fantastic.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“yielding.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“ghee-dripping.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“run.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“milk; milky juice; water; fluid; juice; payas [word]; drink.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”