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 9.103.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॒ वारा॑ण्य॒व्यया॒ गोभि॑रञ्जा॒नो अ॑र्षति । त्री ष॒धस्था॑ पुना॒नः कृ॑णुते॒ हरि॑: ॥
परि वाराण्यव्यया गोभिरञ्जानो अर्षति । त्री षधस्था पुनानः कृणुते हरिः ॥
pari vārāṇy avyayā gobhir añjāno arṣati | trī ṣadhasthā punānaḥ kṛṇute hariḥ ||

English translation:

“Blending with the curds and milk the Soma rushes through the woollen fleece; the green-tinted Soma being purified takes up three stations.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

I.e. the droṇakalaśa (wooden cask), āhavanīya (that into which the Soma may run), and pūtabhṛt (holding the filtered Soma)

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dvitaḥ [dvita];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ । वारा॑णि । अ॒व्यया॑ । गोभिः॑ । अ॒ञ्जा॒नः । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ । त्री । स॒धऽस्था॑ । पु॒ना॒नः । कृ॒णु॒ते॒ । हरिः॑ ॥
परि । वाराणि । अव्यया । गोभिः । अञ्जानः । अर्षति । त्री । सधस्था । पुनानः । कृणुते । हरिः ॥
pari | vārāṇi | avyayā | gobhiḥ | añjānaḥ | arṣati | trī | sadha-sthā | punānaḥ | kṛṇute | hariḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.103.2 English analysis of grammar]

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

vārāṇy < vārāṇi < vāra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“strainer.”

avyayā < avyaya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“sheep.”

gobhir < gobhiḥ < go

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

añjāno < añjānaḥ < añj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“smear; anoint; mix; color.”

arṣati < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

trī < tri

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”

ṣadhasthā < sadhasthā < sadhastha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“dwelling; location; home.”

punānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

kṛṇute < kṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

hariḥ < hari

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”

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