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 9.107.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सोम॑ उ षुवा॒णः सो॒तृभि॒रधि॒ ष्णुभि॒रवी॑नाम् । अश्व॑येव ह॒रिता॑ याति॒ धार॑या म॒न्द्रया॑ याति॒ धार॑या ॥
सोम उ षुवाणः सोतृभिरधि ष्णुभिरवीनाम् । अश्वयेव हरिता याति धारया मन्द्रया याति धारया ॥
soma u ṣuvāṇaḥ sotṛbhir adhi ṣṇubhir avīnām | aśvayeva haritā yāti dhārayā mandrayā yāti dhārayā ||
English translation:
“Effused by the effusers Soma is poured out upon the elevated fleeces; and proceeds with its green-tinted stream, as on a mare, proceeds with its exhilarating streams.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saptarṣayaḥ [saptarṣaya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सोमः॑ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु॒वा॒नः । सो॒तृऽभिः । अधि॑ । स्नुऽभिः॑ । अवी॑नाम् । अश्व॑याऽइव । ह॒रिता॑ । या॒ति॒ । धार॑या । म॒न्द्रया॑ । या॒ति॒ । धार॑या ॥
सोमः । ऊँ इति । सुवानः । सोतृभिः । अधि । स्नुभिः । अवीनाम् । अश्वयाइव । हरिता । याति । धारया । मन्द्रया । याति । धारया ॥
somaḥ | oṃ iti | suvānaḥ | sotṛ-bhiḥ | adhi | snu-bhiḥ | avīnām | aśvayā-iva | haritā | yāti | dhārayā | mandrayā | yāti | dhārayā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.107.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“back.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“sheep; avi [word]; menstruating woman; ewe.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“mare.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“pale; green; bay; yellow.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”