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 9.96.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वया॒ हि न॑: पि॒तर॑: सोम॒ पूर्वे॒ कर्मा॑णि च॒क्रुः प॑वमान॒ धीरा॑: । व॒न्वन्नवा॑तः परि॒धीँरपो॑र्णु वी॒रेभि॒रश्वै॑र्म॒घवा॑ भवा नः ॥
त्वया हि नः पितरः सोम पूर्वे कर्माणि चक्रुः पवमान धीराः । वन्वन्नवातः परिधीँरपोर्णु वीरेभिरश्वैर्मघवा भवा नः ॥
tvayā hi naḥ pitaraḥ soma pūrve karmāṇi cakruḥ pavamāna dhīrāḥ | vanvann avātaḥ paridhīm̐r aporṇu vīrebhir aśvair maghavā bhavā naḥ ||
English translation:
“Soma Pavamāna, by you our ancient and wise progenitors performed their religious rites; harming the foes (yourself) unharmed slay the rākṣasas and be liberal in enriching us with male offspring and horses.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Yourself unharmed: avataḥ = tair, i.e. śatrubhir abhigataḥ
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]:
त्वया॑ । हि । नः॒ । पि॒तरः॑ । सो॒म॒ । पूर्वे॑ । कर्मा॑णि । च॒क्रुः । प॒व॒मा॒न॒ । धीराः॑ । व॒न्वन् । अवा॑तः । प॒रि॒ऽधीन् । अप॑ । ऊ॒र्णु॒ । वी॒रेऽभिः । अश्वैः॑ । म॒घऽवा॑ । भ॒व॒ । नः॒ ॥
त्वया । हि । नः । पितरः । सोम । पूर्वे । कर्माणि । चक्रुः । पवमान । धीराः । वन्वन् । अवातः । परिधीन् । अप । ऊर्णु । वीरेभिः । अश्वैः । मघवा । भव । नः ॥
tvayā | hi | naḥ | pitaraḥ | soma | pūrve | karmāṇi | cakruḥ | pavamāna | dhīrāḥ | vanvan | avātaḥ | pari-dhīn | apa | ūrṇu | vīre-bhiḥ | aśvaiḥ | magha-vā | bhava | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.96.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“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.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“expert; wise; intelligent; versed; adept.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“covering; circumference; Paridhi; halo; fence.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“open.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“big.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”