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 9.85.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अधि॒ द्याम॑स्थाद्वृष॒भो वि॑चक्ष॒णोऽरू॑रुच॒द्वि दि॒वो रो॑च॒ना क॒विः । राजा॑ प॒वित्र॒मत्ये॑ति॒ रोरु॑वद्दि॒वः पी॒यूषं॑ दुहते नृ॒चक्ष॑सः ॥
अधि द्यामस्थाद्वृषभो विचक्षणोऽरूरुचद्वि दिवो रोचना कविः । राजा पवित्रमत्येति रोरुवद्दिवः पीयूषं दुहते नृचक्षसः ॥
adhi dyām asthād vṛṣabho vicakṣaṇo 'rūrucad vi divo rocanā kaviḥ | rājā pavitram aty eti roruvad divaḥ pīyūṣaṃ duhate nṛcakṣasaḥ ||
English translation:
“The showerer, the beholder, has taken his station upon heaven, the seer has illumined the luminaries of heaven; the king passes through the filter with a shout, (the Soma juices) the beholders of men milk forth the ambrosia of heaven.”
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]:
अधि॑ । द्याम् । अ॒स्था॒त् । वृ॒ष॒भः । वि॒ऽच॒क्ष॒णः । अरू॑रुचात् । वि । दि॒वः । रो॒च॒ना । क॒विः । राजा॑ । प॒वित्र॑म् । अति॑ । ए॒ति॒ । रोरु॑वत् । दि॒वः । पी॒यूष॑म् । दु॒ह॒ते॒ नृ॒चक्ष॑सः ॥
अधि । द्याम् । अस्थात् । वृषभः । विचक्षणः । अरूरुचात् । वि । दिवः । रोचना । कविः । राजा । पवित्रम् । अति । एति । रोरुवत् । दिवः । पीयूषम् । दुहते नृचक्षसः ॥
adhi | dyām | asthāt | vṛṣabhaḥ | vi-cakṣaṇaḥ | arūrucāt | vi | divaḥ | rocanā | kaviḥ | rājā | pavitram | ati | eti | roruvat | divaḥ | pīyūṣam | duhate | nṛ-cakṣasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.85.9 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“expert; wise; discerning; clear-sighted; conversant(p); bright.”
[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)
“please; shine.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“light; celestial sphere.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“bellow.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“amṛta; pīyūṣa; ambrosia.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“milk.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“eye; look; radiance.”