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 10.97.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इष्कृ॑ति॒र्नाम॑ वो मा॒ताथो॑ यू॒यं स्थ॒ निष्कृ॑तीः । सी॒राः प॑त॒त्रिणी॑: स्थन॒ यदा॒मय॑ति॒ निष्कृ॑थ ॥
इष्कृतिर्नाम वो माताथो यूयं स्थ निष्कृतीः । सीराः पतत्रिणीः स्थन यदामयति निष्कृथ ॥
iṣkṛtir nāma vo mātātho yūyaṃ stha niṣkṛtīḥ | sīrāḥ patatriṇīḥ sthana yad āmayati niṣ kṛtha ||
English translation:
“Verily Iṣkṛti is your mother, therefore are you (also) Niṣkṛtis; you are flying streams; if (a man) is illyou cure him.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Iṣkṛti and Niṣkṛtis: both are synonyms, the unmaker or remedier of disease
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhiṣagātharvaṇaḥ [bhiṣagātharvaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): auṣadhīstutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इष्कृ॑तिः । नाम॑ । वः॒ । मा॒ता । अथो॒ इति॑ । यू॒यम् । स्थ॒ । निःऽकृ॑तीः । सी॒राः । प॒त॒त्रिणीः॑ । स्थ॒न॒ । यत् । आ॒मय॑ति । निः । कृ॒थ॒ ॥
इष्कृतिः । नाम । वः । माता । अथो इति । यूयम् । स्थ । निःकृतीः । सीराः । पतत्रिणीः । स्थन । यत् । आमयति । निः । कृथ ॥
iṣkṛtiḥ | nāma | vaḥ | mātā | atho iti | yūyam | stha | niḥ-kṛtīḥ | sīrāḥ | patatriṇīḥ | sthana | yat | āmayati | niḥ | kṛtha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.97.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“by name; indeed; however; indeed.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[adverb]
“now; but; furthermore.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“expiation; atonement; recompense; removal.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sīra [word]; plow.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“flying; winged.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“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.”