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 9.96.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र से॑ना॒नीः शूरो॒ अग्रे॒ रथा॑नां ग॒व्यन्ने॑ति॒ हर्ष॑ते अस्य॒ सेना॑ । भ॒द्रान्कृ॒ण्वन्नि॑न्द्रह॒वान्त्सखि॑भ्य॒ आ सोमो॒ वस्त्रा॑ रभ॒सानि॑ दत्ते ॥
प्र सेनानीः शूरो अग्रे रथानां गव्यन्नेति हर्षते अस्य सेना । भद्रान्कृण्वन्निन्द्रहवान्त्सखिभ्य आ सोमो वस्त्रा रभसानि दत्ते ॥
pra senānīḥ śūro agre rathānāṃ gavyann eti harṣate asya senā | bhadrān kṛṇvann indrahavān sakhibhya ā somo vastrā rabhasāni datte ||
English translation:
“The leader of the host, a hero, advances in front of the chariots intent on seizing the cattle (of the enemy); his army exults; making their oblations to Indra prosperous for the friendly (worshippers), Soma assumes the hastily made robes (of curds and milk).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Hastily made: rabhasāni = indrasya vegenāgame nimittāni,?caused by Indra's hasty arrival
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pratardano daivodāsiḥ [pratardana daivodāsi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । से॒ना॒ऽनीः । शूरः॑ । अग्रे॑ । रथा॑नाम् । ग॒व्यन् । ए॒ति॒ । हर्ष॑ते । अ॒स्य॒ । सेना॑ । भ॒द्रान् । कृ॒ण्वन् । इ॒न्द्र॒ऽह॒वान् । सखि॑ऽभ्यः । आ । सोमः॑ । वस्त्रा॑ । र॒भ॒सानि॑ । द॒त्ते॒ ॥
प्र । सेनानीः । शूरः । अग्रे । रथानाम् । गव्यन् । एति । हर्षते । अस्य । सेना । भद्रान् । कृण्वन् । इन्द्रहवान् । सखिभ्यः । आ । सोमः । वस्त्रा । रभसानि । दत्ते ॥
pra | senānīḥ | śūraḥ | agre | rathānām | gavyan | eti | harṣate | asya | senā | bhadrān | kṛṇvan | indra-havān | sakhi-bhyaḥ | ā | somaḥ | vastrā | rabhasāni | datte
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.96.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“brave; powerful.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“rejoice; bristle; thrill.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“army; senā [word]; armament.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“invocation.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“fabric; clothing; dress; vastra [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“fierce; impetuous; powerful; potent; flamboyant.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”