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 9.96.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सोम॑: पवते जनि॒ता म॑ती॒नां ज॑नि॒ता दि॒वो ज॑नि॒ता पृ॑थि॒व्याः । ज॒नि॒ताग्नेर्ज॑नि॒ता सूर्य॑स्य जनि॒तेन्द्र॑स्य जनि॒तोत विष्णो॑: ॥
सोमः पवते जनिता मतीनां जनिता दिवो जनिता पृथिव्याः । जनिताग्नेर्जनिता सूर्यस्य जनितेन्द्रस्य जनितोत विष्णोः ॥
somaḥ pavate janitā matīnāṃ janitā divo janitā pṛthivyāḥ | janitāgner janitā sūryasya janitendrasya janitota viṣṇoḥ ||

English translation:

“The Soma flows, the genitive rator of praises, the genitive rator of heaven, the genitive rator of the earth, the genitive rator of Agni, the genitive rator of the sun, the genitive rator of Indra, and the genitive rator of Viṣṇu.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pratardano daivodāsiḥ [pratardana daivodāsi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सोमः॑ । प॒व॒ते॒ । ज॒नि॒ता । म॒ती॒नाम् । ज॒नि॒ता । दि॒वः । ज॒नि॒ता । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । ज॒नि॒ता । अ॒ग्नेः । ज॒नि॒ता । सूर्य॑स्य । ज॒नि॒ता । इन्द्र॑स्य । ज॒नि॒ता । उ॒त । विष्णोः॑ ॥
सोमः । पवते । जनिता । मतीनाम् । जनिता । दिवः । जनिता । पृथिव्याः । जनिता । अग्नेः । जनिता । सूर्यस्य । जनिता । इन्द्रस्य । जनिता । उत । विष्णोः ॥
somaḥ | pavate | janitā | matīnām | janitā | divaḥ | janitā | pṛthivyāḥ | janitā | agneḥ | janitā | sūryasya | janitā | indrasya | janitā | uta | viṣṇoḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.96.5 English analysis of grammar]

somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pavate <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

janitā < janitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; janitṛ [word].”

matīnāṃ < matīnām < mati

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”

janitā < janitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; janitṛ [word].”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

janitā < janitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; janitṛ [word].”

pṛthivyāḥ < pṛthivī

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

janitāgner < janitā < janitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; janitṛ [word].”

janitāgner < agneḥ < agni

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

janitā < janitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; janitṛ [word].”

sūryasya < sūrya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

janitendrasya < janitā < janitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; janitṛ [word].”

janitendrasya < indrasya < indra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

janitota < janitā < janitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“father; janitṛ [word].”

janitota < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

viṣṇoḥ < viṣṇu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

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