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 9.37.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स प॒वित्रे॑ विचक्ष॒णो हरि॑रर्षति धर्ण॒सिः । अ॒भि योनिं॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥
स पवित्रे विचक्षणो हरिरर्षति धर्णसिः । अभि योनिं कनिक्रदत् ॥
sa pavitre vicakṣaṇo harir arṣati dharṇasiḥ | abhi yoniṃ kanikradat ||

English translation:

“The all-beholding Soma, green-tinted, all-sustaining rush to the filter (and thence) crying aloud to the pitcher.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rahūgaṇaḥ [rahūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । प॒वित्रे॑ । वि॒ऽच॒क्ष॒णः । हरिः॑ । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ । ध॒र्ण॒सिः । अ॒भि । योनि॑म् । कनि॑क्रदत् ॥
सः । पवित्रे । विचक्षणः । हरिः । अर्षति । धर्णसिः । अभि । योनिम् । कनिक्रदत् ॥
saḥ | pavitre | vi-cakṣaṇaḥ | hariḥ | arṣati | dharṇasiḥ | abhi | yonim | kanikradat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.37.2 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

vicakṣaṇo < vicakṣaṇaḥ < vicakṣaṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“expert; wise; discerning; clear-sighted; conversant(p); bright.”

harir < hariḥ < hari

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

arṣati < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run.”

dharṇasiḥ < dharṇasi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“permanent; firm.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

yoniṃ < yonim < yoni

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

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

kanikradat < kanikrad < √krand

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“roar; neigh.”

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