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 9.96.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ब्र॒ह्मा दे॒वानां॑ पद॒वीः क॑वी॒नामृषि॒र्विप्रा॑णां महि॒षो मृ॒गाणा॑म् । श्ये॒नो गृध्रा॑णां॒ स्वधि॑ति॒र्वना॑नां॒ सोम॑: प॒वित्र॒मत्ये॑ति॒ रेभ॑न् ॥
ब्रह्मा देवानां पदवीः कवीनामृषिर्विप्राणां महिषो मृगाणाम् । श्येनो गृध्राणां स्वधितिर्वनानां सोमः पवित्रमत्येति रेभन् ॥
brahmā devānām padavīḥ kavīnām ṛṣir viprāṇām mahiṣo mṛgāṇām | śyeno gṛdhrāṇāṃ svadhitir vanānāṃ somaḥ pavitram aty eti rebhan ||
English translation:
“The Brahmā of the gods, the guide of the sages, the ṛṣi of the pious, the buffalo of wild animals, the falcon of the vultures, the hatchet of deadly weapons, the Soma passes through the filter with a roar.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The Brahmā of the gods: i.e., the king of the gods; or, it may mean the brāhmaṇa of the priests; the ṛṣi: yaḥ parokṣam paśyati sa ṛṣiḥ, ṛsirdarśanāt (Nirukta 2.11)
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]:
ब्र॒ह्मा । दे॒वाना॑म् । प॒द॒ऽवीः । क॒वी॒नाम् । ऋषिः॑ । विप्रा॑णाम् । म॒हि॒षः । मृ॒गाणा॑म् । श्ये॒नः । गृध्रा॑णाम् । स्वऽधि॑तिः । वना॑नाम् । सोमः॑ । प॒वित्र॑म् । अति॑ । ए॒ति॒ । रेभ॑न् ॥
ब्रह्मा । देवानाम् । पदवीः । कवीनाम् । ऋषिः । विप्राणाम् । महिषः । मृगाणाम् । श्येनः । गृध्राणाम् । स्वधितिः । वनानाम् । सोमः । पवित्रम् । अति । एति । रेभन् ॥
brahmā | devānām | pada-vīḥ | kavīnām | ṛṣiḥ | viprāṇām | mahiṣaḥ | mṛgāṇām | śyenaḥ | gṛdhrāṇām | sva-dhitiḥ | vanānām | somaḥ | pavitram | ati | eti | rebhan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.96.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; Brahmin; dhak; Brahman; brahman [word]; Brahman; Brahmin; Brahmapurāṇa; Vishnu; Brihaspati.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“path; padavī [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Old World buffalo; Mahiṣa; Mahiṣa.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“game; deer; animal; antelope; mṛga [word]; Mṛgaśiras.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hawk; bird of prey; falcon; Śyena; eagle; śyena [word]; Śyena.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“vulture.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ax; knife.”
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[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
“moo; murmur; praise.”