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 9.110.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पर्यू॒ षु प्र ध॑न्व॒ वाज॑सातये॒ परि॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ स॒क्षणि॑: । द्वि॒षस्त॒रध्या॑ ऋण॒या न॑ ईयसे ॥
पर्यू षु प्र धन्व वाजसातये परि वृत्राणि सक्षणिः । द्विषस्तरध्या ऋणया न ईयसे ॥
pary ū ṣu pra dhanva vājasātaye pari vṛtrāṇi sakṣaṇiḥ | dviṣas taradhyā ṛṇayā na īyase ||

English translation:

“Hasten, Soma, to bring us sustenance; gifted with endurance (attack our) foes; the acquitter of our debts, you approach to disperse our enemies.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): trayaruṇatrasadasyū;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । प्र । ध॒न्व॒ । वाज॑ऽसातये । परि॑ । वृ॒त्राणि॑ । स॒क्षणिः॑ । द्वि॒षः । त॒रध्यै॑ । ऋ॒ण॒ऽयाः । नः॒ । ई॒य॒से॒ ॥
परि । ऊँ इति । सु । प्र । धन्व । वाजसातये । परि । वृत्राणि । सक्षणिः । द्विषः । तरध्यै । ऋणयाः । नः । ईयसे ॥
pari | oṃ iti | su | pra | dhanva | vāja-sātaye | pari | vṛtrāṇi | sakṣaṇiḥ | dviṣaḥ | taradhyai | ṛṇa-yāḥ | naḥ | īyase

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.110.1 English analysis of grammar]

pary < pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

ū < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

ṣu < su

[adverb]

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

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

dhanva < dhanv

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run.”

vājasātaye < vāja

[noun], masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

vājasātaye < sātaye < sāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“victory; acquisition; contest.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

vṛtrāṇi < vṛtra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“enemy.”

sakṣaṇiḥ < sakṣaṇi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

dviṣas < dviṣaḥ < dviṣ

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“hostile; hating.”

taradhyā < taradhyai < tṛ

[verb noun]

“traverse; overcome; float; rescue; reach; satisfy.”

ṛṇayā < ṛṇayāḥ < ṛṇayā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

īyase < ī < √i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

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