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 9.97.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्य प्रे॒षा हे॒मना॑ पू॒यमा॑नो दे॒वो दे॒वेभि॒: सम॑पृक्त॒ रस॑म् । सु॒तः प॒वित्रं॒ पर्ये॑ति॒ रेभ॑न्मि॒तेव॒ सद्म॑ पशु॒मान्ति॒ होता॑ ॥
अस्य प्रेषा हेमना पूयमानो देवो देवेभिः समपृक्त रसम् । सुतः पवित्रं पर्येति रेभन्मितेव सद्म पशुमान्ति होता ॥
asya preṣā hemanā pūyamāno devo devebhiḥ sam apṛkta rasam | sutaḥ pavitram pary eti rebhan miteva sadma paśumānti hotā ||
English translation:
“The shining Somabeing purified by the golden hand that urges it forth, brings its juice into contact with the gods; when effused it proceeds with a roar to the filter like the ministrant priest to the halls prepared (for sacrifice) containing victims.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्य । प्रे॒षा । हे॒मना॑ । पू॒यमा॑नः । दे॒वः । दे॒वेभिः॑ । सम् । अ॒पृ॒क्त॒ । रस॑म् । सु॒तः । प॒वित्र॑म् । परि॑ । ए॒ति॒ । रेभ॑न् । मि॒ताऽइव । सद्म॑ । प॒शु॒ऽमन्ति॑ । होता॑ ॥
अस्य । प्रेषा । हेमना । पूयमानः । देवः । देवेभिः । सम् । अपृक्त । रसम् । सुतः । पवित्रम् । परि । एति । रेभन् । मिताइव । सद्म । पशुमन्ति । होता ॥
asya | preṣā | hemanā | pūyamānaḥ | devaḥ | devebhiḥ | sam | apṛkta | rasam | sutaḥ | pavitram | pari | eti | rebhan | mitā-iva | sadma | paśu-manti | hotā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.97.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“momentum.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“mix; unite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mercury; juice; medicine; rasa; alchemy; liquid; Rasa; mahārasa; taste; broth; elixir; resin; rasa; essence; six; water; soup; liquid body substance; rasa; formulation; myrrh; rasa [word]; amṛta; purpose; delight; solution; milk; beverage; alcohol; sap; nectar; Rasātala.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strainer.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“moo; murmur; praise.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“seat; house; stable; dwelling.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“rich in cattle.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”