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 10.94.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ते अ॑ध्व॒रे अधि॒ वाच॑मक्र॒ता क्री॒ळयो॒ न मा॒तर॑ु तु॒दन्त॑: । वि षू मु॑ञ्चा सुषु॒वुषो॑ मनी॒षां वि व॑र्तन्ता॒मद्र॑य॒श्चाय॑मानाः ॥
सुते अध्वरे अधि वाचमक्रता क्रीळयो न मातरं तुदन्तः । वि षू मुञ्चा सुषुवुषो मनीषां वि वर्तन्तामद्रयश्चायमानाः ॥
sute adhvare adhi vācam akratā krīḻayo na mātaraṃ tudantaḥ | vi ṣū muñcā suṣuvuṣo manīṣāṃ vi vartantām adrayaś cāyamānāḥ ||

English translation:

“(The Soma) being effused at the sacrifice, they made a noise like (children) at plural y, striking theirmother. Proclaim the praise of (the stone), which has effused (the Soma), let the honoured stones revolve.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arbudaḥ kādraveyaḥ sarpaḥ [arbuda kādraveya sarpa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): grāvāṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ते । अ॒ध्व॒रे । अधि॑ । वाच॑म् । अ॒क्र॒त॒ । आ । क्री॒ळयः॑ । न । मा॒तर॑म् । तु॒दन्तः॑ । वि । सु । मु॒ञ्च॒ । सु॒सु॒ऽवुषः॑ । म॒नी॒षाम् । वि । व॒र्त॒न्ता॒म् । अद्र॑यः । चाय॑मानाः ॥
सुते । अध्वरे । अधि । वाचम् । अक्रत । आ । क्रीळयः । न । मातरम् । तुदन्तः । वि । सु । मुञ्च । सुसुवुषः । मनीषाम् । वि । वर्तन्ताम् । अद्रयः । चायमानाः ॥
sute | adhvare | adhi | vācam | akrata | ā | krīḷayaḥ | na | mātaram | tudantaḥ | vi | su | muñca | susu-vuṣaḥ | manīṣām | v i | vartantām | adrayaḥ | cāyamānāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.94.14 English analysis of grammar]

sute < su

[verb noun], locative, singular

“press out; su.”

adhvare < adhvara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

vācam < vāc

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

akratā < kṛ

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

krīḍayo < krīḍayaḥ < krīḍi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

mātaraṃ < mātaram < mātṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

tudantaḥ < tud

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“push; ache.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

ṣū < su

[adverb]

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

muñcā < muc

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”

suṣuvuṣo < suṣuvuṣaḥ < su

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“press out; su.”

manīṣāṃ < manīṣām < manīṣā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

vartantām < vṛt

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

adrayaś < adrayaḥ < adri

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”

cāyamānāḥ < cāy

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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