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 9.108.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ष स्य धार॑या सु॒तोऽव्यो॒ वारे॑भिः पवते म॒दिन्त॑मः । क्रीळ॑न्नू॒र्मिर॒पामि॑व ॥
एष स्य धारया सुतोऽव्यो वारेभिः पवते मदिन्तमः । क्रीळन्नूर्मिरपामिव ॥
eṣa sya dhārayā suto 'vyo vārebhiḥ pavate madintamaḥ | krīḻann ūrmir apām iva ||
English translation:
“This (Soma) when effused flows most exhilarating through the woollen fleece, sporting like a wave of water.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): uruḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षः । स्यः । धार॑या । सु॒तः । अव्यः॑ । वारे॑भिः । प॒व॒ते॒ । म॒दिन्ऽत॑मः । क्रीळ॑न् । ऊ॒र्मिः । अ॒पाम्ऽइ॑व ॥
एषः । स्यः । धारया । सुतः । अव्यः । वारेभिः । पवते । मदिन्तमः । क्रीळन् । ऊर्मिः । अपाम्इव ॥
eṣaḥ | syaḥ | dhārayā | sutaḥ | avyaḥ | vārebhiḥ | pavate | madin-tamaḥ | krīḷan | ūrmiḥ | apām-iva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.108.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“that.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; child.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“strainer.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“exhilarating; intoxicant.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“frolic; love; play; amuse.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wave; billow.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”