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 9.87.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षा य॑यौ पर॒माद॒न्तरद्रे॒: कूचि॑त्स॒तीरू॒र्वे गा वि॑वेद । दि॒वो न वि॒द्युत्स्त॒नय॑न्त्य॒भ्रैः सोम॑स्य ते पवत इन्द्र॒ धारा॑ ॥
एषा ययौ परमादन्तरद्रेः कूचित्सतीरूर्वे गा विवेद । दिवो न विद्युत्स्तनयन्त्यभ्रैः सोमस्य ते पवत इन्द्र धारा ॥
eṣā yayau paramād antar adreḥ kūcit satīr ūrve gā viveda | divo na vidyut stanayanty abhraiḥ somasya te pavata indra dhārā ||
English translation:
“This Soma stream has come from on high and has detected the cattle which were in a stall (hidden) somewhere within the mountain; the stream of the Soma flows for you, Indra, thundering like lightning emitted by the clouds from heaven.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): uśanāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
एषा । य॒यौ॒ । प॒र॒मात् । अ॒न्तः । अद्रेः॑ । कूऽचि॑त् । स॒तीः । ऊ॒र्वे । गाः । वि॒वे॒द॒ । दि॒वः । न । वि॒ऽद्युत् । स्त॒नय॑न्ती । अ॒भ्रैः । सोम॑स्य । ते॒ । प॒व॒ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । धारा॑ ॥
एषा । ययौ । परमात् । अन्तः । अद्रेः । कूचित् । सतीः । ऊर्वे । गाः । विवेद । दिवः । न । विद्युत् । स्तनयन्ती । अभ्रैः । सोमस्य । ते । पवते । इन्द्र । धारा ॥
eṣā | ā | yayau | paramāt | antaḥ | adreḥ | kū-cit | satīḥ | ūrve | gāḥ | viveda | divaḥ | na | vi-dyut | stanayantī | abhraiḥ | somasya | te | pavate | indra | dhārā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.87.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“extreme; best; excellent; highest; highest; devoted(p); maximal; distant; parama [word]; very; farthermost.”
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”
[adverb]
“somewhere.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“pen; Aurva; ocean.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“lightning; Vidyut; thunderbolt.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“thunder; thunder.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“abhra; cloud; sky; abhra [word]; cumulonimbus; mica; air; cloudiness.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”