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 9.96.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रावी॑विपद्वा॒च ऊ॒र्मिं न सिन्धु॒र्गिर॒: सोम॒: पव॑मानो मनी॒षाः । अ॒न्तः पश्य॑न्वृ॒जने॒माव॑रा॒ण्या ति॑ष्ठति वृष॒भो गोषु॑ जा॒नन् ॥
प्रावीविपद्वाच ऊर्मिं न सिन्धुर्गिरः सोमः पवमानो मनीषाः । अन्तः पश्यन्वृजनेमावराण्या तिष्ठति वृषभो गोषु जानन् ॥
prāvīvipad vāca ūrmiṃ na sindhur giraḥ somaḥ pavamāno manīṣāḥ | antaḥ paśyan vṛjanemāvarāṇy ā tiṣṭhati vṛṣabho goṣu jānan ||

English translation:

“The purified Soma excites gratifying praises as a river (excites) the wave of sound; the showerer (of benefits) beholding the hidden (treasure) presides over these irresistible powers, knowing about the cattle.”

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]:

प्र । अ॒वी॒वि॒प॒त् । वा॒चः । ऊ॒र्मिम् । न । सिन्धुः॑ । गिरः॑ । सोमः॑ । पव॑मानः । म॒नी॒षाः । अ॒न्तरिति॑ । पश्य॑न् । वृ॒जना॑ । इ॒मा । अव॑राणि । आ । ति॒ष्ठ॒ति॒ । वृ॒ष॒भः । गोषु॑ । जा॒नन् ॥
प्र । अवीविपत् । वाचः । ऊर्मिम् । न । सिन्धुः । गिरः । सोमः । पवमानः । मनीषाः । अन्तरिति । पश्यन् । वृजना । इमा । अवराणि । आ । तिष्ठति । वृषभः । गोषु । जानन् ॥
pra | avīvipat | vācaḥ | ūrmim | na | sindhuḥ | giraḥ | somaḥ | pavamānaḥ | manīṣāḥ | antariti | paśyan | vṛjanā | imā | avarāṇi | ā | tiṣṭhati | vṛṣabhaḥ | goṣu | jānan

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.96.7 English analysis of grammar]

prāvīvipad < prāvīvipat < pravip < √vip

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

“tremble; shudder.”

vāca < vācaḥ < vāc

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

ūrmiṃ < ūrmim < ūrmi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wave; billow.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

sindhur < sindhuḥ < sindhu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

giraḥ < gir

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pavamāno < pavamānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

manīṣāḥ < manīṣā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”

antaḥ < antar

[adverb]

“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”

paśyan < paś

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”

vṛjanemāvarāṇy < vṛjanā < vṛjana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“community; settlement.”

vṛjanemāvarāṇy < imā < idam

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

vṛjanemāvarāṇy < avarāṇi < avara

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“worst; avara [word]; lower; nearer; base; short; low; abject; later(a); worse; antecedent.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

tiṣṭhati < sthā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

vṛṣabho < vṛṣabhaḥ < vṛṣabha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

goṣu < go

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

jānan < jñā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; come to know; notice; determine; think of; find; learn; perceive; identify; recognize; understand; know; learn; ascertain; detect; deem.”

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