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 9.33.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि ब्रह्मी॑रनूषत य॒ह्वीॠ॒तस्य॑ मा॒तर॑: । म॒र्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ दि॒वः शिशु॑म् ॥
अभि ब्रह्मीरनूषत यह्वीॠतस्य मातरः । मर्मृज्यन्ते दिवः शिशुम् ॥
abhi brahmīr anūṣata yahvīr ṛtasya mātaraḥ | marmṛjyante divaḥ śiśum ||

English translation:

“The many sacred hymns, the mothers of the sacrifice, give praise, they purify (the Soma), the infant of heaven.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Brahmīḥ = uttered by the brāhmaṇas

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । ब्रह्मीः॑ । अ॒नू॒ष॒त॒ । य॒ह्वीः । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । मा॒तरः॑ । म॒र्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ । दि॒वः । शिशु॑म् ॥
अभि । ब्रह्मीः । अनूषत । यह्वीः । ऋतस्य । मातरः । मर्मृज्यन्ते । दिवः । शिशुम् ॥
abhi | brahmīḥ | anūṣata | yahvīḥ | ṛtasya | mātaraḥ | marmṛjyante | divaḥ | śiśum

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.33.5 English analysis of grammar]

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

brahmīr < brahmīḥ < brahmī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

anūṣata <

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“praise; shout.”

yahvīr < yahvīḥ < yahva

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“youngest; youthful; active.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

mātaraḥ < mātṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

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

marmṛjyante < marmṛj < √mṛj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“groom; wash; rub.”

divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

śiśum < śiśu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“child; young; baby; śiśu [word]; Śiśu; male child; fetus.”

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