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 9.109.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्दु॑: पुना॒नः प्र॒जामु॑रा॒णः कर॒द्विश्वा॑नि॒ द्रवि॑णानि नः ॥
इन्दुः पुनानः प्रजामुराणः करद्विश्वानि द्रविणानि नः ॥
induḥ punānaḥ prajām urāṇaḥ karad viśvāni draviṇāni naḥ ||
English translation:
“May Indu, purified, extolling (the gods) bestow on us progeny and all kinds of wealth.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Extolling the gods: prajām is separated from urāṇaḥ;
Urāṇaḥ = uru kurvāṇaḥ, i.e. devān bahu kurvāṇaḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agnayo dhiṣṇyā aiśvarāḥ [agnaya dhiṣṇyā aiśvarāḥ];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्दुः॑ । पु॒ना॒नः । प्र॒ऽजाम् । उ॒रा॒णः । क॒र॒त् । विश्वा॑नि । द्रवि॑णानि । नः॒ ॥
इन्दुः । पुनानः । प्रजाम् । उराणः । करत् । विश्वानि । द्रविणानि । नः ॥
induḥ | punānaḥ | pra-jām | urāṇaḥ | karat | viśvāni | draviṇāni | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.109.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“people; offspring; being; national; man; prajā [word]; creature; child; descendants; population; race; animal.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“choose; ask.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“wealth; property; money; jewel.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”