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 9.97.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र गा॑यता॒भ्य॑र्चाम दे॒वान्त्सोमं॑ हिनोत मह॒ते धना॑य । स्वा॒दुः प॑वाते॒ अति॒ वार॒मव्य॒मा सी॑दाति क॒लशं॑ देव॒युर्न॑: ॥
प्र गायताभ्यर्चाम देवान्त्सोमं हिनोत महते धनाय । स्वादुः पवाते अति वारमव्यमा सीदाति कलशं देवयुर्नः ॥
pra gāyatābhy arcāma devān somaṃ hinota mahate dhanāya | svāduḥ pavāte ati vāram avyam ā sīdāti kalaśaṃ devayur naḥ ||
English translation:
“Sing (to the Soma), let us praise the gods; send forth the Soma for (the acquisition of) great wealth. He passes sweet-flavoured pure through the fleecy filter; our (Soma) devoted to the gods alights on the pitcher.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): indrapramatirvāsiṣṭhaḥ [indrapramatirvāsiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । गा॒य॒त॒ । अ॒भि । अ॒र्चा॒म॒ । दे॒वान् । सोम॑म् । हि॒नो॒त॒ । म॒ह॒ते । धना॑य । स्वा॒दुः । प॒वा॒ते॒ । अति॑ । वार॑म् । अव्य॑म् । आ । सी॒दा॒ति॒ । क॒लश॑म् । दे॒व॒ऽयुः । नः॒ ॥
प्र । गायत । अभि । अर्चाम । देवान् । सोमम् । हिनोत । महते । धनाय । स्वादुः । पवाते । अति । वारम् । अव्यम् । आ । सीदाति । कलशम् । देवयुः । नः ॥
pra | gāyata | abhi | arcāma | devān | somam | hinota | mahate | dhanāya | svāduḥ | pavāte | ati | vāram | avyam | ā | sīdāti | kalaśam | deva-yuḥ | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.97.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“sing; praise; jap; recite; describe.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sing; worship; honor; praise; welcome.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Madhura; sweet; sweet; dainty; agreeable.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“strainer.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“jar.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“devout; devoted.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”