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 9.106.12

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अस॑र्जि क॒लशाँ॑ अ॒भि मी॒ळ्हे सप्ति॒र्न वा॑ज॒युः । पु॒ना॒नो वाचं॑ ज॒नय॑न्नसिष्यदत् ॥
असर्जि कलशाँ अभि मीळ्हे सप्तिर्न वाजयुः । पुनानो वाचं जनयन्नसिष्यदत् ॥
asarji kalaśām̐ abhi mīḻhe saptir na vājayuḥ | punāno vācaṃ janayann asiṣyadat ||

English translation:

“Desiring (to give the worshipper) food he has been let loose into the pitchers like a charger in battle; being filtered, raising a cry he flows (into the vessels).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अस॑र्जि । क॒लशा॑न् । अ॒भि । मी॒ळ्हे । सप्तिः॑ । न । वा॒ज॒ऽयुः । पु॒ना॒नः । वाच॑म् । ज॒नय॑न् । अ॒सि॒स्य॒द॒त् ॥
असर्जि । कलशान् । अभि । मीळ्हे । सप्तिः । न । वाजयुः । पुनानः । वाचम् । जनयन् । असिस्यदत् ॥
asarji | kalaśān | abhi | mīḷhe | saptiḥ | na | vāja-yuḥ | punānaḥ | vācam | janayan | asisyadat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.106.12 English analysis of grammar]

asarji < sṛj

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”

kalaśāṃ < kalaśa

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“jar.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

mīᄆhe < mīḍhe < mīḍha

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

saptir < saptiḥ < sapti

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vājayuḥ < vājayu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“competing(a); competitive.”

punāno < punānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

vācaṃ < vācam < vāc

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

janayann < janayan < janay < √jan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”

asiṣyadat < syand

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

“run.”

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