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 9.80.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यं त्वा॑ वाजिन्न॒घ्न्या अ॒भ्यनू॑ष॒तायो॑हतं॒ योनि॒मा रो॑हसि द्यु॒मान् । म॒घोना॒मायु॑: प्रति॒रन्महि॒ श्रव॒ इन्द्रा॑य सोम पवसे॒ वृषा॒ मद॑: ॥
यं त्वा वाजिन्नघ्न्या अभ्यनूषतायोहतं योनिमा रोहसि द्युमान् । मघोनामायुः प्रतिरन्महि श्रव इन्द्राय सोम पवसे वृषा मदः ॥
yaṃ tvā vājinn aghnyā abhy anūṣatāyohataṃ yonim ā rohasi dyumān | maghonām āyuḥ pratiran mahi śrava indrāya soma pavase vṛṣā madaḥ ||

English translation:

“Giver of food, whom the kine praise, you mount, bright-shining, your station fashioned by golden-hands; you, Soma, the health of the worshippers, increasing (their) abundant food flow for Indra, the showerer (of benefits), the giver of exhilaration.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Whom the kine praise: aghnyaḥ = āhananīha gāvaḥ, the kine which are brought to the sacrifice and milked for the curds with which the Soma is mixed, are lowing

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasurbhāradvājaḥ [vasurbhāradvāja];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यम् । त्वा॒ । वा॒जि॒न् । अ॒घ्न्याः । अ॒भि । अनू॑षत । अयः॒ऽहतम् । योनि॑म् । आ । रो॒ह॒सि॒ । द्यु॒ऽमान् । म॒घोना॑म् । आयुः॑ । प्र॒ऽति॒रत् । महि॑ । श्रव॑ । इन्द्रा॑य । सो॒म॒ । प॒व॒से॒ । वृषा॑ । मदः॑ ॥
यम् । त्वा । वाजिन् । अघ्न्याः । अभि । अनूषत । अयःहतम् । योनिम् । आ । रोहसि । द्युमान् । मघोनाम् । आयुः । प्रतिरत् । महि । श्रव । इन्द्राय । सोम । पवसे । वृषा । मदः ॥
yam | tvā | vājin | aghnyāḥ | abhi | anūṣatā | ayaḥ-hatam | yonim | ā | rohasi | dyu-mān | maghonām | āyuḥ | pra-tirat | mahi | śrava | indrāya | soma | pavase | vṛṣā | madaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.80.2 English analysis of grammar]

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vājinn < vājin

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”

aghnyā < aghnyāḥ < aghnyā

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“cow.”

abhy < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

anūṣatāyohataṃ < anūṣata <

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“praise; shout.”

anūṣatāyohataṃ < ayaḥ < ayas

[noun], neuter

“iron; kāntaloha; ayas [word]; tīkṣṇaloha; metallic element; weapon.”

anūṣatāyohataṃ < hatam < han

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“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.”

yonim < yoni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

rohasi < ruh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“heal; grow; cicatrize; climb; board; ascend; grow.”

dyumān < dyumat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bright; brilliant; brilliant; loud.”

maghonām < maghavan

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“big.”

āyuḥ < āyus

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“life; longevity; āyus; life; āyus [word]; Āyus.”

pratiran < pratṛ < √tṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“traverse; prolong.”

mahi

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“great; firm.”

śrava < śravaḥ < śravas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pavase <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”

madaḥ < mada

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

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