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 9.100.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ ते जि॒ग्युषो॑ यथा॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ धावति । रंह॑माणा॒ व्य१॒॑व्ययं॒ वारं॑ वा॒जीव॑ सान॒सिः ॥
परि ते जिग्युषो यथा धारा सुतस्य धावति । रंहमाणा व्यव्ययं वारं वाजीव सानसिः ॥
pari te jigyuṣo yathā dhārā sutasya dhāvati | raṃhamāṇā vy avyayaṃ vāraṃ vājīva sānasiḥ ||

English translation:

“Your stream when you are effused, swift-flowing bountiful, rushes through the sheep's hair like the horse of a victorious (hero).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rebhasūnū kāśyapau;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ । ते॒ । जि॒ग्युषः॑ । यथा॑ । धारा॑ । सु॒तस्य॑ । धा॒व॒ति॒ । रंह॑माणा । वि । अ॒व्यय॑म् । वार॑म् । वा॒जीऽइ॑व । सा॒न॒सिः ॥
परि । ते । जिग्युषः । यथा । धारा । सुतस्य । धावति । रंहमाणा । वि । अव्ययम् । वारम् । वाजीइव । सानसिः ॥
pari | te | jigyuṣaḥ | yathā | dhārā | sutasya | dhāvati | raṃhamāṇā | vi | avyayam | vāram | vājī-iva | sānasiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.100.4 English analysis of grammar]

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

jigyuṣo < jigyuṣaḥ < ji

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

dhārā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

sutasya < su

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“press out; su.”

dhāvati < dhāv

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run; run; wash.”

raṃhamāṇā < raṃh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“rush.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

avyayaṃ < avyayam < avyaya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sheep.”

vāraṃ < vāram < vāra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“strainer.”

vājīva < vājī < vājin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”

vājīva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

sānasiḥ < sānasi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“victorious.”

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