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...
Disclaimer: These are translations of Sanskrit texts and are not necessarily approved by everyone associated with the traditions connected to these texts. Consult the source and original scripture in case of doubt.
Rig Veda 9.108.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वृषा॒ वि ज॑ज्ञे ज॒नय॒न्नम॑र्त्यः प्र॒तप॒ञ्ज्योति॑षा॒ तम॑: । स सुष्टु॑तः क॒विभि॑र्नि॒र्णिजं॑ दधे त्रि॒धात्व॑स्य॒ दंस॑सा ॥
वृषा वि जज्ञे जनयन्नमर्त्यः प्रतपञ्ज्योतिषा तमः । स सुष्टुतः कविभिर्निर्णिजं दधे त्रिधात्वस्य दंससा ॥
vṛṣā vi jajñe janayann amartyaḥ pratapañ jyotiṣā tamaḥ | sa suṣṭutaḥ kavibhir nirṇijaṃ dadhe tridhātv asya daṃsasā ||
English translation:
“The showerer (of benefits) is manifested begetting (light) immortal, destroying the darkness with (his) radiance; glorified by the wise he has assumed his shining robe; the triple (oblation is supported) by his act.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
He has assumed his shining robe: he has blended himself with the milk, for the sake of being cleansed
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛṇañcayaḥ [ṛṇañcaya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वृषा॑ । वि । ज॒ज्ञे॒ । ज॒नय॑न् । अम॑र्त्यः । प्र॒ऽतप॑न् । ज्योति॑षा । तमः॑ । सः । सुऽस्तु॑तः । क॒विऽभिः॑ । निः॒ऽनिज॑म् । द॒धे॒ । त्रि॒ऽधातु॑ । अ॒स्य॒ । दंस॑सा ॥
वृषा । वि । जज्ञे । जनयन् । अमर्त्यः । प्रतपन् । ज्योतिषा । तमः । सः । सुस्तुतः । कविभिः । निःनिजम् । दधे । त्रिधातु । अस्य । दंससा ॥
vṛṣā | vi | jajñe | janayan | amartyaḥ | pra-tapan | jyotiṣā | tamaḥ | saḥ | su-stutaḥ | kavi-bhiḥ | niḥ-nijam | dadhe | tri-dhātu | asya | daṃsasā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.108.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“immortal.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“heat; shine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“attire; garment.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun]
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mineral; dhātu; saptadhātu; Sanskrit verbal root; etymon; aṣṭaloha; mahābhūta; gairika; component; navadhātu; svarṇamākṣika; doṣa; inorganic compound.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter