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 9.86.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒भ॒यत॒: पव॑मानस्य र॒श्मयो॑ ध्रु॒वस्य॑ स॒तः परि॑ यन्ति के॒तव॑: । यदी॑ प॒वित्रे॒ अधि॑ मृ॒ज्यते॒ हरि॒: सत्ता॒ नि योना॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदति ॥
उभयतः पवमानस्य रश्मयो ध्रुवस्य सतः परि यन्ति केतवः । यदी पवित्रे अधि मृज्यते हरिः सत्ता नि योना कलशेषु सीदति ॥
ubhayataḥ pavamānasya raśmayo dhruvasya sataḥ pari yanti ketavaḥ | yadī pavitre adhi mṛjyate hariḥ sattā ni yonā kalaśeṣu sīdati ||
English translation:
“The rays, the tokens of the extant, steady, purified Soma, circulate from both worlds; when the green-tinted juice is cleansed upon the filter, reposing it alights upon its station, the pitchers.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): akṛṣṭā māṣāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒भ॒यतः॑ । पव॑मानस्य । र॒श्मयः॑ । ध्रु॒वस्य॑ । स॒तः । परि॑ । य॒न्ति॒ । के॒तवः॑ । यदि॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ । अधि॑ । मृ॒ज्यते॑ । हरिः॑ । सत्ता॑ । नि । योना॑ । क॒लशे॑षु । सी॒द॒ति॒ ॥
उभयतः । पवमानस्य । रश्मयः । ध्रुवस्य । सतः । परि । यन्ति । केतवः । यदि । पवित्रे । अधि । मृज्यते । हरिः । सत्ता । नि । योना । कलशेषु । सीदति ॥
ubhayataḥ | pavamānasya | raśmayaḥ | dhruvasya | sataḥ | pari | yanti | ketavaḥ | yadi | pavitre | adhi | mṛjyate | hariḥ | sattā | ni | yonā | kalaśeṣu | sīdati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.86.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“certain; fixed; permanent; changeless; firm; safe; resident; immovable; fixed; fixed; vital; faithful.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[adverb]
“if; in case.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“purify; polish; rub; remove.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“jar.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”