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 9.108.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स सु॑न्वे॒ यो वसू॑नां॒ यो रा॒यामा॑ने॒ता य इळा॑नाम् । सोमो॒ यः सु॑क्षिती॒नाम् ॥
स सुन्वे यो वसूनां यो रायामानेता य इळानाम् । सोमो यः सुक्षितीनाम् ॥
sa sunve yo vasūnāṃ yo rāyām ānetā ya iḻānām | somo yaḥ sukṣitīnām ||

English translation:

“The Soma has been effused who is the bringer of treasures, the bringer of riches, the bringer of food, the bringer of fair homes.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ṛṇañcayaḥ [ṛṇañcaya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । सु॒न्वे॒ । यः । वसू॑नाम् । यः । रा॒याम् । आ॒ऽने॒ता । यः । इळा॑नाम् । सोमः॑ । यः । सु॒ऽक्षि॒ती॒नाम् ॥
सः । सुन्वे । यः । वसूनाम् । यः । रायाम् । आनेता । यः । इळानाम् । सोमः । यः । सुक्षितीनाम् ॥
saḥ | sunve | yaḥ | vasūnām | yaḥ | rāyām | ānetā | yaḥ | iḷānām | somaḥ | yaḥ | su-kṣitīnām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.108.13 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[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.”

sunve < su

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“press out; su.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vasūnāṃ < vasūnām < vasu

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

rāyām < rai

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

ānetā < ānetṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

ya < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

iᄆānām < iḍā

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“refreshment; iḍā [word]; comfort; cow.”

somo < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sukṣitīnām < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukṣitīnām < kṣitīnām < kṣiti

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī; people; dwelling; battlefield; Earth; estate; colony; house.”

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