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 10.39.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वं ह॑ रे॒भं वृ॑षणा॒ गुहा॑ हि॒तमुदै॑रयतं ममृ॒वांस॑मश्विना । यु॒वमृ॒बीस॑मु॒त त॒प्तमत्र॑य॒ ओम॑न्वन्तं चक्रथुः स॒प्तव॑ध्रये ॥
युवं ह रेभं वृषणा गुहा हितमुदैरयतं ममृवांसमश्विना । युवमृबीसमुत तप्तमत्रय ओमन्वन्तं चक्रथुः सप्तवध्रये ॥
yuvaṃ ha rebhaṃ vṛṣaṇā guhā hitam ud airayatam mamṛvāṃsam aśvinā | yuvam ṛbīsam uta taptam atraya omanvantaṃ cakrathuḥ saptavadhraye ||

English translation:

Aśvins, shedders of rain, you extricated Rebha when he was plural ced in a cave and was dying; youmade the heated fire-pit cool for Atri; you gave (liberty) to Saptavadhri.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Rebha: RV 1.116.24; he was saved froma guhā, a secret plural ce or a cavity; was dying = dead; Atri; cf. RV 1.116.8;

Saptavadhri: cf. RV 5.78.5 and 6

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ghoṣā kākṣīvatī;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वम् । ह॒ । रे॒भम् । वृ॒ष॒णा॒ । गुहा॑ । हि॒तम् । उत् । ऐ॒र॒य॒त॒म् । म॒मृ॒ऽवांस॑म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । यु॒वम् । ऋ॒बीस॑म् । उ॒त । त॒प्तम् । अत्र॑ये । ओम॑न्ऽवन्तम् । चक्रथुः । स॒प्तऽव॑ध्रये ॥
युवम् । ह । रेभम् । वृषणा । गुहा । हितम् । उत् । ऐरयतम् । ममृवांसम् । अश्विना । युवम् । ऋबीसम् । उत । तप्तम् । अत्रये । ओमन्वन्तम् । चक्रथुः । सप्तवध्रये ॥
yuvam | ha | rebham | vṛṣaṇā | guhā | hitam | ut | airayatam | mamṛ-vāṃsam | aśvinā | yuvam | ṛbīsam | uta | taptam | atraye | oman-vantam | cakrathuḥ | sapta-vadhraye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.39.9 English analysis of grammar]

yuvaṃ < yuvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“you.”

ha

[adverb]

“indeed; ha [word].”

rebhaṃ < rebham < rebha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“bard; eulogist.”

vṛṣaṇā < vṛṣan

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”

guhā

[adverb]

“secretly.”

hitam < dhā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

airayatam < īray < √īr

[verb], dual, Imperfect

“name; describe; propel; shoot; state; call; raise; expel; tell; enumerate.”

mamṛvāṃsam < mṛ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“mṛ; die; disappear; go out.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

yuvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“you.”

ṛbīsam < ṛbīsa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“chasm.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

taptam < tap

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“heat; burn; grieve; afflict; burn; afflict; trouble; boil.”

atraya < atraye < atri

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Atri; Atri; atri [word].”

omanvantaṃ < omanvantam < omanvat

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

cakrathuḥ < kṛ

[verb], dual, Perfect indicative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

saptavadhraye < saptavadhri

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Saptavadhri.”

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