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 9.85.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कनि॑क्रदत्क॒लशे॒ गोभि॑रज्यसे॒ व्य१॒॑व्ययं॑ स॒मया॒ वार॑मर्षसि । म॒र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ अत्यो॒ न सा॑न॒सिरिन्द्र॑स्य सोम ज॒ठरे॒ सम॑क्षरः ॥
कनिक्रदत्कलशे गोभिरज्यसे व्यव्ययं समया वारमर्षसि । मर्मृज्यमानो अत्यो न सानसिरिन्द्रस्य सोम जठरे समक्षरः ॥
kanikradat kalaśe gobhir ajyase vy avyayaṃ samayā vāram arṣasi | marmṛjyamāno atyo na sānasir indrasya soma jaṭhare sam akṣaraḥ ||

English translation:

“Crying aloud you are blended in the pitcher with curds and milk, you pass through the woollen fleece in the midst; being cleansed like a horse, distributing (gifts), you flow, Soma, into Indra's belly.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कनि॑क्रदत् । क॒लशे॑ । गोभिः॑ । अ॒ज्य॒से॒ । वि । अ॒व्यय॑म् । स॒मया॑ । वार॑म् । अ॒र्ष॒सि॒ । म॒र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः । अत्यः॑ । न । सा॒न॒सिः । इन्द्र॑स्य । सो॒म॒ । ज॒ठरे॑ । सम् । अ॒क्ष॒रः॒ ॥
कनिक्रदत् । कलशे । गोभिः । अज्यसे । वि । अव्ययम् । समया । वारम् । अर्षसि । मर्मृज्यमानः । अत्यः । न । सानसिः । इन्द्रस्य । सोम । जठरे । सम् । अक्षरः ॥
kanikradat | kalaśe | gobhiḥ | ajyase | vi | avyayam | samayā | vāram | arṣasi | marmṛjyamānaḥ | atyaḥ | na | sānasiḥ | indrasya | soma | jaṭhare | sam | akṣaraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.85.5 English analysis of grammar]

kanikradat < kanikrad < √krand

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“roar; neigh.”

kalaśe < kalaśa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“jar.”

gobhir < gobhiḥ < go

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

ajyase < añj

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“smear; anoint; mix; color.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

avyayaṃ < avyayam < avyaya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sheep.”

samayā

[adverb]

“near.”

vāram < vāra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“strainer.”

arṣasi < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

marmṛjyamāno < marmṛjyamānaḥ < marmṛj < √mṛj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“groom; wash; rub.”

atyo < atyaḥ < atya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; steed.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

sānasir < sānasiḥ < sānasi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“victorious.”

indrasya < indra

[noun], genitive, 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.”

jaṭhare < jaṭhara

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“abdomen; udara; Jaṭhara; edema; garbha; inside; stomach; belly.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

akṣaraḥ < kṣar

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“run; melt.”

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