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 9.104.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒नाता॑ दक्ष॒साध॑नं॒ यथा॒ शर्धा॑य वी॒तये॑ । यथा॑ मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय॒ शंत॑मः ॥
पुनाता दक्षसाधनं यथा शर्धाय वीतये । यथा मित्राय वरुणाय शंतमः ॥
punātā dakṣasādhanaṃ yathā śardhāya vītaye | yathā mitrāya varuṇāya śaṃtamaḥ ||

English translation:

“Purify the bestower of strength so that he may make for invigoration for the banquet (of the gods) and may grant much happiness to Mitra and Varuṇa.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parvatanāradau dve śikhaṇḍinyau vā kāśyapyāvapsarasau;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒नात॑ । द॒क्ष॒ऽसाध॑नम् । यथा॑ । शर्धा॑य । वी॒तये॑ । यथा॑ । मि॒त्राय॑ । वरु॑णाय । शम्ऽत॑मः ॥
पुनात । दक्षसाधनम् । यथा । शर्धाय । वीतये । यथा । मित्राय । वरुणाय । शम्तमः ॥
punāta | dakṣa-sādhanam | yathā | śardhāya | vītaye | yathā | mitrāya | varuṇāya | śam-tamaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.104.3 English analysis of grammar]

punātā < punāta <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

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

dakṣasādhanaṃ < dakṣa

[noun], masculine

“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”

dakṣasādhanaṃ < sādhanam < sādhana

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“effective; performing.”

yathā

[adverb]

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

śardhāya < śardha

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“troop.”

vītaye <

[verb noun]

“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”

yathā

[adverb]

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

mitrāya < mitra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”

varuṇāya < varuṇa

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”

śantamaḥ < śaṃtama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beneficent.”

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