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 9.109.21

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दे॒वेभ्य॑स्त्वा॒ वृथा॒ पाज॑से॒ऽपो वसा॑नं॒ हरिं॑ मृजन्ति ॥
देवेभ्यस्त्वा वृथा पाजसेऽपो वसानं हरिं मृजन्ति ॥
devebhyas tvā vṛthā pājase 'po vasānaṃ harim mṛjanti ||

English translation:

“They cleanse you readily, clothed with water, green-tinted, for the invigoration of the gods.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agnayo dhiṣṇyā aiśvarāḥ [agnaya dhiṣṇyā aiśvarāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । त्वा॒ । वृथा॑ । पाज॑से । अ॒पः । वसा॑नम् । हरि॑म् । मृ॒ज॒न्ति॒ ॥
देवेभ्यः । त्वा । वृथा । पाजसे । अपः । वसानम् । हरिम् । मृजन्ति ॥
devebhyaḥ | tvā | vṛthā | pājase | apaḥ | vasānam | harim | mṛjanti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.109.21 English analysis of grammar]

devebhyas < devebhyaḥ < deva

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

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

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vṛthā

[adverb]

“vainly; incorrectly; unnecessarily; at will.”

pājase < pājas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“luminosity; look.”

'po < apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

vasānaṃ < vasānam < vas

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“wear.”

harim < hari

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”

mṛjanti < mṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“purify; polish; rub; remove.”

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