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 10.53.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वष्टा॑ मा॒या वे॑द॒पसा॑म॒पस्त॑मो॒ बिभ्र॒त्पात्रा॑ देव॒पाना॑नि॒ शंत॑मा । शिशी॑ते नू॒नं प॑र॒शुं स्वा॑य॒सं येन॑ वृ॒श्चादेत॑शो॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑: ॥
त्वष्टा माया वेदपसामपस्तमो बिभ्रत्पात्रा देवपानानि शंतमा । शिशीते नूनं परशुं स्वायसं येन वृश्चादेतशो ब्रह्मणस्पतिः ॥
tvaṣṭā māyā ved apasām apastamo bibhrat pātrā devapānāni śaṃtamā | śiśīte nūnam paraśuṃ svāyasaṃ yena vṛścād etaśo brahmaṇas patiḥ ||

English translation:

Tvaṣṭā knows the arts of fabricating (drinking vessels), the most skilful of artificers bearing thesacred drinking cups out of which the gods drink-- verily he sharpens his axe of good metal, wherewith thewhite- complexioned brahmaṇaspati cuts them.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): devāḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ saucīkaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वष्टा॑ । मा॒या । वे॒त् । अ॒पसा॑म् । अ॒पःऽत॑मः । बिभ्र॑त् । पात्रा॑ । दे॒व॒ऽपाना॑नि । शम्ऽत॑मा । शिशी॑ते । नू॒नम् । प॒र॒शुम् । सु॒ऽआ॒य॒सम् । येन॑ । वृ॒श्चात् । एत॑शः । ब्रह्म॑णः । पतिः॑ ॥
त्वष्टा । माया । वेत् । अपसाम् । अपःतमः । बिभ्रत् । पात्रा । देवपानानि । शम्तमा । शिशीते । नूनम् । परशुम् । सुआयसम् । येन । वृश्चात् । एतशः । ब्रह्मणः । पतिः ॥
tvaṣṭā | māyā | vet | apasām | apaḥ-tamaḥ | bibhrat | pātrā | deva-pānāni | śam-tamā | śiśīte | nūnam | paraśum | su-āyasam | yena | vṛścāt | etaśaḥ | brahmaṇaḥ | patiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.53.9 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṣṭā < tvaṣṭṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Tvaṣṭṛ; Viśvakarman; sun.”

māyā < māyāḥ < māyā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”

ved < vet < vid

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

apasām < apas

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“work; deed.”

apastamo < apastamaḥ < apastama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

bibhrat < bhṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

pātrā < pātra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“vessel; pātra [word]; authority; receptacle; pātra; vessel; cup; bowl; basket.”

devapānāni < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devapānāni < pānāni < pāna

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“beverage; drinking; alcohol; drink; draft; drinking vessel; pāna [word]; vagina; well; cup; inhalation.”

śantamā < śaṃtama

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“beneficent.”

śiśīte < śā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”

nūnam

[adverb]

“now; surely; immediately; just.”

paraśuṃ < paraśum < paraśu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“ax.”

svāyasaṃ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

svāyasaṃ < āyasam < āyasa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“iron; metallic.”

yena < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vṛścād < vṛścāt < vraśc

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“cleave; fell; cut off; hew.”

etaśo < etaśaḥ < etaśa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Etaśa; horse.”

brahmaṇaspatiḥ < brahmaṇaspati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brahmaṇaspati.”

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