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 9.81.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ न॑: सोम॒ पव॑मानः किरा॒ वस्विन्दो॒ भव॑ म॒घवा॒ राध॑सो म॒हः । शिक्षा॑ वयोधो॒ वस॑वे॒ सु चे॒तुना॒ मा नो॒ गय॑मा॒रे अ॒स्मत्परा॑ सिचः ॥
आ नः सोम पवमानः किरा वस्विन्दो भव मघवा राधसो महः । शिक्षा वयोधो वसवे सु चेतुना मा नो गयमारे अस्मत्परा सिचः ॥
ā naḥ soma pavamānaḥ kirā vasv indo bhava maghavā rādhaso mahaḥ | śikṣā vayodho vasave su cetunā mā no gayam āre asmat parā sicaḥ ||
English translation:
“Soma, when purified, strew upon us wealth; Indu, who are possessed of affluence, be (the donor) of ample riches; dispenser of food, grant to Vasu prosperity through (your) intelligence, scatter not our riches far from us.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Our riches: no gayam, i.e., asmabhyām pradeyam dhanam, the wealth to be bestowed on us
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasurbhāradvājaḥ [vasurbhāradvāja];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । नः॒ । सो॒म॒ । पव॑मानः । कि॒र॒ । वसु॑ । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । भव॑ । म॒घऽवा॑ । राध॑सः । म॒हः । शिक्ष॑ । व॒यः॒ऽधः॒ । वस॑वे । सु । चे॒तुना॑ । मा । नः॒ । गय॑म् । आ॒रे । अ॒स्मत् । परा॑ । सि॒चः॒ ॥
आ । नः । सोम । पवमानः । किर । वसु । इन्दो इति । भव । मघवा । राधसः । महः । शिक्ष । वयःधः । वसवे । सु । चेतुना । मा । नः । गयम् । आरे । अस्मत् । परा । सिचः ॥
ā | naḥ | soma | pavamānaḥ | kira | vasu | indo iti | bhava | magha-vā | rādhasaḥ | mahaḥ | śikṣa | vayaḥ-dhaḥ | vasave | su | cetunā | mā | naḥ | gayam | āre | asmat | parā | sicaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.81.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“spread; scatter.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“big.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“help; give.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fortifying.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“house; Gaya; family; Gaya; property; Gaya; wealth; livestock.”
[adverb]
“far.”
[noun], ablative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“submerge; sprinkle; pour; wet; decant; impregnate.”