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 9.78.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ परि॑ षिच्यसे॒ नृभि॑र्नृ॒चक्षा॑ ऊ॒र्मिः क॒विर॑ज्यसे॒ वने॑ । पू॒र्वीर्हि ते॑ स्रु॒तय॒: सन्ति॒ यात॑वे स॒हस्र॒मश्वा॒ हर॑यश्चमू॒षद॑: ॥
इन्द्राय सोम परि षिच्यसे नृभिर्नृचक्षा ऊर्मिः कविरज्यसे वने । पूर्वीर्हि ते स्रुतयः सन्ति यातवे सहस्रमश्वा हरयश्चमूषदः ॥
indrāya soma pari ṣicyase nṛbhir nṛcakṣā ūrmiḥ kavir ajyase vane | pūrvīr hi te srutayaḥ santi yātave sahasram aśvā harayaś camūṣadaḥ ||
English translation:
“You are effused by the priests, Soma, for Indra; you the observer of men, stimulated, intelligent, are immersed in the water; many are the paths for you to follow, infinite are the spreading green-tinted streams alighting on the cups.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Many are the paths for you to follow: or, 'there are ancient paths for you to go to Indra, and a thousand bay horses standing in the cups'].
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaviḥ [kavi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रा॑य । सो॒म॒ । परि॑ । सि॒च्य॒से॒ । नृऽभिः॑ । नृ॒ऽचक्षाः॑ । ऊ॒र्मिः । क॒विः । अ॒ज्य॒से॒ । वने॑ । पू॒र्वीः । हि । ते॒ । स्रु॒तयः॑ । सन्ति॑ । यात॑वे । स॒हस्र॑म् । अश्वाः॑ । हर॑यः । च॒मू॒ऽसदः॑ ॥
इन्द्राय । सोम । परि । सिच्यसे । नृभिः । नृचक्षाः । ऊर्मिः । कविः । अज्यसे । वने । पूर्वीः । हि । ते । स्रुतयः । सन्ति । यातवे । सहस्रम् । अश्वाः । हरयः । चमूसदः ॥
indrāya | soma | pari | sicyase | nṛ-bhiḥ | nṛ-cakṣāḥ | ūrmiḥ | kaviḥ | ajyase | vane | pūrvīḥ | hi | te | srutayaḥ | santi | yātave | sahasram | aśvāḥ | harayaḥ | camū-sadaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.78.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“submerge; sprinkle; pour; wet; decant; impregnate.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“eye; look; radiance.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wave; billow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“smear; anoint; mix; color.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“many; much(a); very.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“discharge; path; road; stream.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb noun]
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine