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 9.25.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सं दे॒वैः शो॑भते॒ वृषा॑ क॒विर्योना॒वधि॑ प्रि॒यः । वृ॒त्र॒हा दे॑व॒वीत॑मः ॥
सं देवैः शोभते वृषा कविर्योनावधि प्रियः । वृत्रहा देववीतमः ॥
saṃ devaiḥ śobhate vṛṣā kavir yonāv adhi priyaḥ | vṛtrahā devavītamaḥ ||
English translation:
“This Soma, the showerer (of benefits), the seer, the beloved, the destroyer of foes,t he most devout, shines in its appointed plural ce along with the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dṛḷahacyutaḥ āgastyaḥ [dṛḷahacyuta āgastya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम् । दे॒वैः । शो॒भ॒ते॒ । वृषा॑ । क॒विः । योनौ॑ । अधि॑ । प्रि॒यः । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । दे॒व॒ऽवीत॑मः ॥
सम् । देवैः । शोभते । वृषा । कविः । योनौ । अधि । प्रियः । वृत्रहा । देववीतमः ॥
sam | devaiḥ | śobhate | vṛṣā | kaviḥ | yonau | adhi | priyaḥ | vṛtra-hā | deva-vītamaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.25.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“look; shine; beautify.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[noun], masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine