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 10.9.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ईशा॑ना॒ वार्या॑णां॒ क्षय॑न्तीश्चर्षणी॒नाम् । अ॒पो या॑चामि भेष॒जम् ॥
ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश्चर्षणीनाम् । अपो याचामि भेषजम् ॥
īśānā vāryāṇāṃ kṣayantīś carṣaṇīnām | apo yācāmi bheṣajam ||

English translation:

“Waters, sovereigns of precious (treasures), granters of habitations to men, I solicit of you medicine (formy infirmities).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Precious: vāryāṇām = vāriprabhavānām vrīhiyavādinām, the products of the water,rice, barley etc.;

Bheṣajam = happiness driving away sin

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): triśirāstvāṣṭraḥ sindhudvīpo vāmbarīṣaḥ [triśirāstvāṣṭra sindhudvīpa vāmbarīṣa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): vardhamānā gāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ईशा॑नाः । वार्या॑णाम् । क्षय॑न्तीः । च॒र्ष॒णी॒नाम् । अ॒पः । या॒चा॒मि॒ । भे॒ष॒जम् ॥
ईशानाः । वार्याणाम् । क्षयन्तीः । चर्षणीनाम् । अपः । याचामि । भेषजम् ॥
īśānāḥ | vāryāṇām | kṣayantīḥ | carṣaṇīnām | apaḥ | yācāmi | bheṣajam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.9.5 English analysis of grammar]

īśānā < īśānāḥ < īś

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

vāryāṇāṃ < vāryāṇām < vārya

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“precious; valuable.”

kṣayantīś < kṣayantīḥ < kṣi

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“govern; inhabit; dwell; stay; predominate; bide; own.”

carṣaṇīnām < carṣaṇi

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“people.”

apo < apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

yācāmi < yāc

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“beg; ask; offer; ask.”

bheṣajam < bheṣaja

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“drug; medicine; herb; bheṣaja [word]; remedy; reagent.”

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