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 9.97.35
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सोमं॒ गावो॑ धे॒नवो॑ वावशा॒नाः सोमं॒ विप्रा॑ म॒तिभि॑: पृ॒च्छमा॑नाः । सोम॑: सु॒तः पू॑यते अ॒ज्यमा॑न॒: सोमे॑ अ॒र्कास्त्रि॒ष्टुभ॒: सं न॑वन्ते ॥
सोमं गावो धेनवो वावशानाः सोमं विप्रा मतिभिः पृच्छमानाः । सोमः सुतः पूयते अज्यमानः सोमे अर्कास्त्रिष्टुभः सं नवन्ते ॥
somaṃ gāvo dhenavo vāvaśānāḥ somaṃ viprā matibhiḥ pṛcchamānāḥ | somaḥ sutaḥ pūyate ajyamānaḥ some arkās triṣṭubhaḥ saṃ navante ||
English translation:
“The kine (are) longing for the Soma; wise men (are) inquiring for him with praises; Soma being effused is purified blended (with milk), our adorations in the triṣṭubh metre are united in the Soma.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śākttyaḥ [parāśara śākttya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सोम॑म् । गावः॑ । धे॒नवः॑ । वा॒व॒शा॒नाः । सोम॑म् । विप्राः॑ । म॒तिऽभिः॑ । पृ॒च्छमा॑नाः । सोमः॑ । सु॒तः । पू॒य॒ते॒ । अ॒ज्यमा॑नः । सोमे॑ । अ॒र्काः । त्रि॒ऽस्तुभः॑ । सम् । न॒व॒न्ते॒ ॥
सोमम् । गावः । धेनवः । वावशानाः । सोमम् । विप्राः । मतिभिः । पृच्छमानाः । सोमः । सुतः । पूयते । अज्यमानः । सोमे । अर्काः । त्रिस्तुभः । सम् । नवन्ते ॥
somam | gāvaḥ | dhenavaḥ | vāvaśānāḥ | somam | viprāḥ | mati-bhiḥ | pṛcchamānāḥ | somaḥ | sutaḥ | pūyate | ajyamānaḥ | some | arkāḥ | tri-stubhaḥ | sam | navante
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.97.35 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“ask; ask; ask; consult; interrogate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“smear; anoint; mix; color.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Triṣṭubh.”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“praise; shout.”