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 9.107.22

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मृ॒जा॒नो वारे॒ पव॑मानो अ॒व्यये॒ वृषाव॑ चक्रदो॒ वने॑ । दे॒वानां॑ सोम पवमान निष्कृ॒तं गोभि॑रञ्जा॒नो अ॑र्षसि ॥
मृजानो वारे पवमानो अव्यये वृषाव चक्रदो वने । देवानां सोम पवमान निष्कृतं गोभिरञ्जानो अर्षसि ॥
mṛjāno vāre pavamāno avyaye vṛṣāva cakrado vane | devānāṃ soma pavamāna niṣkṛtaṃ gobhir añjāno arṣasi ||

English translation:

“The showerer of benefits, cleansed and filtered in the woollen fleece, you cried aloud in the water; Soma Pavamāna, mixed with the curds and milk, you go to the prepared (station) of the gods.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मृ॒जा॒नः । वारे॑ । पव॑मानः । अ॒व्यये॑ । वृषा॑ । अव॑ । च॒क्र॒दः॒ । वने॑ । दे॒वाना॑म् । सो॒म॒ । प॒व॒मा॒न॒ । निः॒ऽकृ॒तम् । गोभिः॑ । अ॒ञ्जा॒नः । अ॒र्ष॒सि॒ ॥
मृजानः । वारे । पवमानः । अव्यये । वृषा । अव । चक्रदः । वने । देवानाम् । सोम । पवमान । निःकृतम् । गोभिः । अञ्जानः । अर्षसि ॥
mṛjānaḥ | vāre | pavamānaḥ | avyaye | vṛṣā | ava | cakradaḥ | vane | devānām | soma | pavamāna | niḥ-kṛtam | gobhiḥ | añjānaḥ | arṣasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.107.22 English analysis of grammar]

mṛjāno < mṛjānaḥ < mṛj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

vāre < vāra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“strainer.”

pavamāno < pavamānaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

avyaye < avyaya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sheep.”

vṛṣāva < vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

vṛṣāva < ava

[adverb]

“down.”

cakrado < cakradaḥ < krand

[verb], singular, Plusquamperfect

“roar; neigh; cry; howl; shout.”

vane < vana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”

devānāṃ < devānām < deva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pavamāna <

[verb noun], vocative, singular

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

niṣkṛtaṃ < niṣkṛtam < niṣkṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“place; rendezvous.”

gobhir < gobhiḥ < go

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

añjāno < añjānaḥ < añj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“smear; anoint; mix; color.”

arṣasi < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

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