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 9.78.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒तानि॑ सोम॒ पव॑मानो अस्म॒युः स॒त्यानि॑ कृ॒ण्वन्द्रवि॑णान्यर्षसि । ज॒हि शत्रु॑मन्ति॒के दू॑र॒के च॒ य उ॒र्वीं गव्यू॑ति॒मभ॑यं च नस्कृधि ॥
एतानि सोम पवमानो अस्मयुः सत्यानि कृण्वन्द्रविणान्यर्षसि । जहि शत्रुमन्तिके दूरके च य उर्वीं गव्यूतिमभयं च नस्कृधि ॥
etāni soma pavamāno asmayuḥ satyāni kṛṇvan draviṇāny arṣasi | jahi śatrum antike dūrake ca ya urvīṃ gavyūtim abhayaṃ ca nas kṛdhi ||
English translation:
“Bestowing all these true riches, loving us you flow, Soma, purified; destroy our enemy whether he be far or nigh; grant us a free road and freedom from danger.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaviḥ [kavi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒तानि॑ । सो॒म॒ । पव॑मानः । अ॒स्म॒ऽयुः । स॒त्यानि॑ । कृ॒ण्वन् । द्रवि॑णानि । अ॒र्ष॒सि॒ । ज॒हि । शत्रु॑म् । अ॒न्ति॒के । दू॒र॒के । च॒ । यः । उ॒र्वीम् । गव्यू॑तिम् । अभ॑यम् । च॒ नः॒ । कृ॒धि॒ ॥
एतानि । सोम । पवमानः । अस्मयुः । सत्यानि । कृण्वन् । द्रविणानि । अर्षसि । जहि । शत्रुम् । अन्तिके । दूरके । च । यः । उर्वीम् । गव्यूतिम् । अभयम् । च नः । कृधि ॥
etāni | soma | pavamānaḥ | asma-yuḥ | satyāni | kṛṇvan | draviṇāni | arṣasi | jahi | śatrum | antike | dūrake | ca | yaḥ | urvīm | gavyūtim | abhayam | ca | naḥ | kṛdhi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.78.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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], accusative, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; money; jewel.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“run.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“enemy; foe; enemy; Asura.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“vicinity; proximity.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“pasture.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“security; abhayamudrā; Abhaya.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“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.”