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 9.114.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒प्त दिशो॒ नाना॑सूर्याः स॒प्त होता॑र ऋ॒त्विज॑: । दे॒वा आ॑दि॒त्या ये स॒प्त तेभि॑: सोमा॒भि र॑क्ष न॒ इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥
सप्त दिशो नानासूर्याः सप्त होतार ऋत्विजः । देवा आदित्या ये सप्त तेभिः सोमाभि रक्ष न इन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव ॥
sapta diśo nānāsūryāḥ sapta hotāra ṛtvijaḥ | devā ādityā ye sapta tebhiḥ somābhi rakṣa na indrāyendo pari srava ||
English translation:
“Seven (are) the quarters of the world with different suns, seven (are) the ministrant priests, seven are the divine Ādityas-- with these, Soma, protect us; flow, Indu, for Indra. ”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaśyapaḥ [kaśyapa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒प्त । दिशः॑ । नाना॑ऽसूर्याः । स॒प्त । होता॑रः । ऋ॒त्विजः॑ । दे॒वाः । आ॒दि॒त्याः । ये । स॒प्त । तेभिः॑ । सो॒म॒ । अ॒भि । र॒क्ष॒ । नः॒ । इन्द्रा॑य । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । परि॑ । स्र॒व॒ ॥
सप्त । दिशः । नानासूर्याः । सप्त । होतारः । ऋत्विजः । देवाः । आदित्याः । ये । सप्त । तेभिः । सोम । अभि । रक्ष । नः । इन्द्राय । इन्दो इति । परि । स्रव ॥
sapta | diśaḥ | nānāsūryāḥ | sapta | hotāraḥ | ṛtvijaḥ | devāḥ | ādityāḥ | ye | sapta | tebhiḥ | soma | abhi | rakṣa | naḥ | indrāya | indo iti | pari | srava
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.114.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“quarter; direction; region; diś [word]; Aṣṭādhyāyī, 5.3.27; distant region; Diś; four; example; method; space.”
[adverb]
“variously; differently; many; individually.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“ṛtvij; ṛtvij [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“discharge; issue; run; filter; discharge; liquefy; ejaculate; fail; disappear; leak; fester.”