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 9.99.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तं गाथ॑या पुरा॒ण्या पु॑ना॒नम॒भ्य॑नूषत । उ॒तो कृ॑पन्त धी॒तयो॑ दे॒वानां॒ नाम॒ बिभ्र॑तीः ॥
तं गाथया पुराण्या पुनानमभ्यनूषत । उतो कृपन्त धीतयो देवानां नाम बिभ्रतीः ॥
taṃ gāthayā purāṇyā punānam abhy anūṣata | uto kṛpanta dhītayo devānāṃ nāma bibhratīḥ ||
English translation:
“They celebrate the purified Soma juice with an ancient hymn of praise, and the fingers exercising their pressure are able (to prepare the oblation) for the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rebhasūnū kāśyapau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । गाथ॑या । पु॒रा॒ण्या । पु॒ना॒नम् । अ॒भि । अ॒नू॒ष॒त॒ । उ॒तो इति॑ । कृ॒प॒न्त॒ । धी॒तयः॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । नाम॑ । बिभ्र॑तीः ॥
तम् । गाथया । पुराण्या । पुनानम् । अभि । अनूषत । उतो इति । कृपन्त । धीतयः । देवानाम् । नाम । बिभ्रतीः ॥
tam | gāthayā | purāṇyā | punānam | abhi | anūṣata | uto iti | kṛpanta | dhītayaḥ | devānām | nāma | bibhratīḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.99.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“song; gāthā [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“age-old; stale; old; old; traditional; aged.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“praise; shout.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”