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 10.17.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्र॒प्सश्च॑स्कन्द प्रथ॒माँ अनु॒ द्यूनि॒मं च॒ योनि॒मनु॒ यश्च॒ पूर्व॑: । स॒मा॒नं योनि॒मनु॑ सं॒चर॑न्तं द्र॒प्सं जु॑हो॒म्यनु॑ स॒प्त होत्रा॑: ॥
द्रप्सश्चस्कन्द प्रथमाँ अनु द्यूनिमं च योनिमनु यश्च पूर्वः । समानं योनिमनु संचरन्तं द्रप्सं जुहोम्यनु सप्त होत्राः ॥
drapsaś caskanda prathamām̐ anu dyūn imaṃ ca yonim anu yaś ca pūrvaḥ | samānaṃ yonim anu saṃcarantaṃ drapsaṃ juhomy anu sapta hotrāḥ ||

English translation:

“The Soma has risen to the earthly and heavenly (worlds), both this visible world, and that which(existed) before (it); I offer that Soma flowing through the common region (of heaven and earth) after the sacrifice(offered by the) seven (officiating priests).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Drapsam = a name of the Sun (Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa: 8.4.1.20);

Hotrāḥ = ditaḥ, which are seven: zenith, nadir, centre and four cardinal points

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): devaśravā yāmāyanaḥ [devaśravā yāmāyana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpaḥ somo vā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्र॒प्सः । च॒स्क॒न्द॒ । प्र॒थ॒माम् । अनु॑ । द्यून् । इ॒मम् । च॒ । योनि॑म् । अनु॑ । यः । च॒ । पूर्वः॑ । स॒मा॒नम् । योनि॑म् । अनु॑ । स॒म्ऽचर॑न्तम् । द्र॒प्सम् । जु॒हो॒मि॒ । अनु॑ । स॒प्त । होत्राः॑ ॥
द्रप्सः । चस्कन्द । प्रथमाम् । अनु । द्यून् । इमम् । च । योनिम् । अनु । यः । च । पूर्वः । समानम् । योनिम् । अनु । सम्चरन्तम् । द्रप्सम् । जुहोमि । अनु । सप्त । होत्राः ॥
drapsaḥ | caskanda | prathamām | anu | dyūn | imam | ca | yonim | anu | yaḥ | ca | pūrvaḥ | samānam | yonim | anu | sam-carantam | drapsam | juhomi | anu | sapta | hotrāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.17.11 English analysis of grammar]

drapsaś < drapsaḥ < drapsa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“drop; banner.”

caskanda < skand

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“clot; ejaculate; spill; ride.”

prathamāṃ < prathama

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

dyūn < div

[noun], accusative, plural

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

imaṃ < imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

yonim < yoni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

yaś < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

pūrvaḥ < pūrva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”

samānaṃ < samānam < samāna

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“like; identical; common; like; alike(p); same; samāna [word]; akin(p); comparable; identical; mutual; equal.”

yonim < yoni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

saṃcarantaṃ < saṃcarantam < saṃcar < √car

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“wander; approach; meet.”

drapsaṃ < drapsam < drapsa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“drop; banner.”

juhomy < juhomi < hu

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

sapta < saptan

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“seven; seventh.”

hotrāḥ < hotrā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“hotrā [word]; Hautra.”

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