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 9.106.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑स्व दे॒ववी॑तय॒ इन्दो॒ धारा॑भि॒रोज॑सा । आ क॒लशं॒ मधु॑मान्त्सोम नः सदः ॥
पवस्व देववीतय इन्दो धाराभिरोजसा । आ कलशं मधुमान्त्सोम नः सदः ॥
pavasva devavītaya indo dhārābhir ojasā | ā kalaśam madhumān soma naḥ sadaḥ ||

English translation:

“Flow, Indu, in your strength with your streams for the banquet of the gods; sit down, Soma, who are sweet-flavoured, in our pitcher.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पव॑स्व । दे॒वऽवी॑तये । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । धारा॑भिः । ओज॑सा । आ । क॒लश॑म् । मधु॑ऽमान् । सो॒म॒ । नः॒ । स॒दः॒ ॥
पवस्व । देववीतये । इन्दो इति । धाराभिः । ओजसा । आ । कलशम् । मधुमान् । सोम । नः । सदः ॥
pavasva | deva-vītaye | indo iti | dhārābhiḥ | ojasā | ā | kalaśam | madhu-mān | soma | naḥ | sadaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.106.7 English analysis of grammar]

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

devavītaya < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devavītaya < vītaye < vīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

dhārābhir < dhārābhiḥ < dhārā

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

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

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

kalaśam < kalaśa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“jar.”

madhumān < madhumat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

sadaḥ < sad

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

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