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 9.107.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि सोमा॑स आ॒यव॒: पव॑न्ते॒ मद्यं॒ मद॑म् । स॒मु॒द्रस्याधि॑ वि॒ष्टपि॑ मनी॒षिणो॑ मत्स॒रास॑: स्व॒र्विद॑: ॥
अभि सोमास आयवः पवन्ते मद्यं मदम् । समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपि मनीषिणो मत्सरासः स्वर्विदः ॥
abhi somāsa āyavaḥ pavante madyam madam | samudrasyādhi viṣṭapi manīṣiṇo matsarāsaḥ svarvidaḥ ||

English translation:

“The swift Soma send forth their inebriating juice upon the uplifted (filter) of the firmament, intelligent, exhilarating, all-acquiring.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saptarṣayaḥ [saptarṣaya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । सोमा॑सः । आ॒यवः॑ । पव॑न्ते । मद्य॑म् । मद॑म् । स॒मु॒द्रस्य॑ । अधि॑ । वि॒ष्टपि॑ । म॒नी॒षिणः॑ । म॒त्स॒रासः॑ । स्वः॒ऽविदः॑ ॥
अभि । सोमासः । आयवः । पवन्ते । मद्यम् । मदम् । समुद्रस्य । अधि । विष्टपि । मनीषिणः । मत्सरासः । स्वःविदः ॥
abhi | somāsaḥ | āyavaḥ | pavante | madyam | madam | samudrasya | adhi | viṣṭapi | manīṣiṇaḥ | matsarāsaḥ | svaḥ-vidaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.107.14 English analysis of grammar]

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

somāsa < somāsaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

āyavaḥ < āyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

pavante <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

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

madyam < mad

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

madam < mada

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

samudrasyādhi < samudrasya < samudra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

samudrasyādhi < adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

viṣṭapi < viṣṭap

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

manīṣiṇo < manīṣiṇaḥ < manīṣin

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sage; expert; devout.”

matsarāsaḥ < matsara

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“intoxicant; invigorating; hostile.”

svarvidaḥ < svar

[noun], neuter

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

svarvidaḥ < vidaḥ < vid

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“finding.”

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