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 9.64.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ऊ॒र्मिर्यस्ते॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ दे॑वा॒वीः प॒र्यक्ष॑रत् । सीद॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥
ऊर्मिर्यस्ते पवित्र आ देवावीः पर्यक्षरत् । सीदन्नृतस्य योनिमा ॥
ūrmir yas te pavitra ā devāvīḥ paryakṣarat | sīdann ṛtasya yonim ā ||

English translation:

“Your wave which, devoted to the gods flows to the filter, alighting upon the plural ce of sacrifice.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaśyapaḥ [kaśyapa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ऊ॒र्मिः । यः । ते॒ । प॒वित्रे॑ । आ । द॒व॒ऽअ॒वीः । प॒रि॒ऽअक्ष॑रत् । सीद॑न् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योनि॑म् । आ ॥
ऊर्मिः । यः । ते । पवित्रे । आ । दवअवीः । परिअक्षरत् । सीदन् । ऋतस्य । योनिम् । आ ॥
ūrmiḥ | yaḥ | te | pavitre | ā | dava-avīḥ | pari-akṣarat | sīdan | ṛtasya | yonim | ā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.64.11 English analysis of grammar]

ūrmir < ūrmiḥ < ūrmi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wave; billow.”

yas < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

pavitra < pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

devāvīḥ < devāvī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

paryakṣarat < parikṣar < √kṣar

[verb], singular, Imperfect

sīdann < sīdan < sad

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

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

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.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

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