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 9.106.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यं भरा॑य सान॒सिरिन्द्रा॑य पवते सु॒तः । सोमो॒ जैत्र॑स्य चेतति॒ यथा॑ वि॒दे ॥
अयं भराय सानसिरिन्द्राय पवते सुतः । सोमो जैत्रस्य चेतति यथा विदे ॥
ayam bharāya sānasir indrāya pavate sutaḥ | somo jaitrasya cetati yathā vide ||

English translation:

“This effused Soma adorable for battle, is filtered for Indra; Soma thinks of the victorious (Indra) as he is known (in the world).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

This effused soma...filtered for Indra: 'this munificent effused Soma is filtered for Indra's sutenance; indrāya bharāya is like a gerund

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agniścākṣuṣaḥ [agniścākṣuṣa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यम् । भरा॑य । सा॒न॒सिः । इन्द्रा॑य । प॒व॒ते॒ । सु॒तः । सोमः॑ । जैत्र॑स्य । चे॒त॒ति॒ । यथा॑ । वि॒दे ॥
अयम् । भराय । सानसिः । इन्द्राय । पवते । सुतः । सोमः । जैत्रस्य । चेतति । यथा । विदे ॥
ayam | bharāya | sānasiḥ | indrāya | pavate | sutaḥ | somaḥ | jaitrasya | cetati | yathā | vide

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.106.2 English analysis of grammar]

ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

bharāya < bhara

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“battle; weight; foray; bhṛ; load.”

sānasir < sānasiḥ < sānasi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“victorious.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

pavate <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

somo < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

jaitrasya < jaitra

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“superiority.”

cetati < cit

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”

yathā

[adverb]

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

vide < vid

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

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