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 9.98.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते प्र॒त्नासो॒ व्यु॑ष्टिषु॒ सोमा॑: प॒वित्रे॑ अक्षरन् । अ॒प॒प्रोथ॑न्तः सनु॒तर्हु॑र॒श्चित॑: प्रा॒तस्ताँ अप्र॑चेतसः ॥
ते प्रत्नासो व्युष्टिषु सोमाः पवित्रे अक्षरन् । अपप्रोथन्तः सनुतर्हुरश्चितः प्रातस्ताँ अप्रचेतसः ॥
te pratnāso vyuṣṭiṣu somāḥ pavitre akṣaran | apaprothantaḥ sanutar huraścitaḥ prātas tām̐ apracetasaḥ ||

English translation:

“Those ancient Soma juices flow into the filter at the dawn, driving away in the early morning the concealed and ignorant thieves.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ambarīṣa ṛjiṣvā ca;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते । प्र॒त्नासः॑ । विऽउ॑ष्टिषु । सोमाः॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ । अ॒क्ष॒र॒न् । अ॒प॒ऽप्रोथ॑न्तः । स॒नु॒तः । हु॒रः॒ऽचितः॑ । प्रा॒तरिति॑ । तान् । अप्र॑ऽचेतसः ॥
ते । प्रत्नासः । विउष्टिषु । सोमाः । पवित्रे । अक्षरन् । अपप्रोथन्तः । सनुतः । हुरःचितः । प्रातरिति । तान् । अप्रचेतसः ॥
te | pratnāsaḥ | vi-uṣṭiṣu | somāḥ | pavitre | akṣaran | apa-prothantaḥ | sanutaḥ | huraḥ-citaḥ | prātariti | tān | apra-cetasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.98.11 English analysis of grammar]

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

pratnāso < pratnāsaḥ < pratna

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“age-old; pratna [word].”

vyuṣṭiṣu < vyuṣṭi

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“dawn; happiness; consequence.”

somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

akṣaran < kṣar

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“run; melt.”

apaprothantaḥ < apapruth < √pruth

[verb noun], nominative, plural

sanutar

[adverb]

“away.”

huraścitaḥ < huraścit

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

prātas < prātar

[adverb]

“at dawn; early.”

tāṃ < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

apracetasaḥ < apracetas

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“anserine.”

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