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 10.9.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो व॑: शि॒वत॑मो॒ रस॒स्तस्य॑ भाजयते॒ह न॑: । उ॒श॒तीरि॑व मा॒तर॑: ॥
यो वः शिवतमो रसस्तस्य भाजयतेह नः । उशतीरिव मातरः ॥
yo vaḥ śivatamo rasas tasya bhājayateha naḥ | uśatīr iva mātaraḥ ||
English translation:
“Give us to partake in this world of your most auspicious Soma, like affectionate mothers.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): triśirāstvāṣṭraḥ sindhudvīpo vāmbarīṣaḥ [triśirāstvāṣṭra sindhudvīpa vāmbarīṣa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । वः॒ । शि॒वऽत॑मः । रसः॑ । तस्य॑ । भा॒ज॒य॒त॒ । इ॒ह । नः॒ । उ॒श॒तीःऽइ॑व । मा॒तरः॑ ॥
यः । वः । शिवतमः । रसः । तस्य । भाजयत । इह । नः । उशतीःइव । मातरः ॥
yaḥ | vaḥ | śiva-tamaḥ | rasaḥ | tasya | bhājayata | iha | naḥ | uśatīḥ-iva | mātaraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.9.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“mercury; juice; medicine; rasa; alchemy; liquid; Rasa; mahārasa; taste; broth; elixir; resin; rasa; essence; six; water; soup; liquid body substance; rasa; formulation; myrrh; rasa [word]; amṛta; purpose; delight; solution; milk; beverage; alcohol; sap; nectar; Rasātala.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“distribute.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”